Example sentences of "but [adj] were n't " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cos their shovel was different to ours , but that were n't any good to us cos that was er , cos what they used to trim grain with , now a grain shovel was made of tin and cos our shovels what they used to feed the boiler with were all steel shovels . |
| 2 | But that were n't a bedsitter that I was in . |
| 3 | but that were n't no fault of your own |
| 4 | But these were n't love-letters from Irene . |
| 5 | ‘ Ah , but these were n't — I mean , they were n't properly in the Prince 's harem . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Baydon Star is a nice young horse but these were n't the fastest in the world today . |
| 7 | But United were n't to be denied , Mike Ford 's shot was deflected across the face of the goal and there was Andy Melville to poke the ball into the corner of the net , United to continue to come forward , but continued to waste chances that came their way . |
| 8 | But those were n't the impediments . |
| 9 | Tim said , in a matter of fact way : ‘ I checked everything else yesterday , but those were n't packed then . ’ |