Example sentences of "was n't [vb pp] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | So , , he took on the task of er , writing the script off his own bat , he was n't appointed to it , er , but he stuck with that throughout , and erm , he stuck to his objective . |
| 2 | ‘ I really was n't exposed to any of the culture from the age of seven . |
| 3 | But that was n't enough for Paul ; he knew that God was n't limited to human speech and a human mind . |
| 4 | She 'd be surprised if it was n't applied to her rump in the very near future . |
| 5 | Birdie sometimes questioned the fairness of life , having spent overlong looking after an ailing mother and missing her chances with a very suitable man from Ballylee who married another , who was n't bound to an ailing parent . |
| 6 | The motorcycle was n't registered to Mr Arrol , although police do n't believe it was stolen . |
| 7 | Time after time he defended himself from Carter , time after time the screw intervened , again and again he was n't pushed to the floor . |
| 8 | Mother would have given me a cuddle , and she was n't given to cuddles . |
| 9 | ‘ Well , you must remember , Mr McKillop , that the information I got from Elsie on that topic was n't given to me all at one time . |
| 10 | The big man was n't given to introspection and he certainly was n't known for his sensitivity but even he was aware that the conversation had somehow been wrong , that it should n't have taken place , not with Martin . |
| 11 | Even when I went to prison it was n't explained to me . |
| 12 | It sure as hell was n't intended to be policeman-friendly . |
| 13 | Charles Spencer said : ‘ There was no thought of exorcising a second time because my father was n't believed to be very ill . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I know I was n't born to be a size eight or 10 , ’ she says . |
| 15 | But because of her age and because it was a first offence , she was n't sent to a juvenile court . |
| 16 | She never had any politics because she was n't allowed to . |
| 17 | She was n't allowed to be friends with him , because long ago she had played with him in the fields while her mother gleaned what on Townsend 's Farm . |
| 18 | Because of the conspiracy she was n't allowed to . |
| 19 | I was n't allowed to s sit for the eleven plus . |
| 20 | He spoke of his loneliness of heart and spirit that he was n't allowed to even talk to his love , and then , as though remembering that Rosemary had asked Leith to look after him , in his loneliness he suddenly asked Leith to have dinner with him . |
| 21 | At least it was n't known to , to very many people at that time . |
| 22 | It certainly was n't known to Darwin . |
| 23 | The actual information you quote my Lord was n't known to me erm it was on the cards certainly and all this information was passed to Superintendent . |
| 24 | The address of Lowell 's cottage was n't known to her either , therefore the holdall would have to be taken to the home once shared by Lowell and Zoe . |
| 25 | But at least , he would console himself , I was n't driven to it by ideology , by politics , religion or prejudice . |
| 26 | It was n't suggested to Mr when he gave evidence that there was another man at the flat that night , I am told that if it had been his answer would have been an unequivocal no . |
| 27 | She was n't meant to be happy , she was meant to be with me . |
| 28 | ‘ It was n't meant to be mad . |
| 29 | I mean that big red thing , that was n't meant to be ordinary clothes , was it ? ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Maybe it just was n't meant to be . |