Example sentences of "but they [was/were] [not/n't] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although Noverre did not specifically name them he described these dancers ' particular characteristics as having similar physiques and technical expertise as the danseurs classiques but they were not always so well-proportioned and usually possessed a natural sense of comedy . |
| 2 | The majority of victims were Jews but they were not alone — as many as 4,000 gypsies may have been killed there in one session . |
| 3 | But they were not used to wandering by themselves , in the manner of the later homeless children . |
| 4 | But they were not deprived of children . |
| 5 | ‘ They were very negligent but they were not criminally negligent , ’ said one barrister . |
| 6 | He said no staff had been suspended , but they were not being paid . |
| 7 | Forty policemen were drafted in — just in case — but they were not needed . |
| 8 | But they were not deemed fit for home consumption . |
| 9 | They were very fey little songs and they were very pleasant , but they were not earth-shaking . |
| 10 | But they were not nabbed , and the warning was extended by a week . |
| 11 | The Flank Companies of the 1st Guards ( Grenadiers ) certainly later reinforced the Coldstream and 3rd Guards but they were not part of the original garrison . |
| 12 | Here they met with a better reception and Leverburgh was renamed in his honour , but they were not continued after his death in 1925 . |
| 13 | They were not alive , but they were not dead enough either . |
| 14 | To the waiters standing about it seemed to be perfectly stationary , but they were not members of the Chop Society and it was not their table . |
| 15 | In Johansson 's model , this option produced lower emissions , but they were not low enough . |
| 16 | ‘ This family has always been poor , but they were not slaves , ’ the old woman almost shouted , snatching back the photograph as if Martha 's impious fingers would stain it . |
| 17 | On the Continent , station architects tended to be more restrained than their English-speaking colleagues , more prone to arches than towers , but they were not unaffected by the new aesthetic and clung to it longer . |
| 18 | The results , obtained at considerable cost , were full of interesting facts but they were not always very conclusive . |
| 19 | But they were not remainders from the massive output of BBC Enterprises . |
| 20 | Several other players , most notably Mo Johnston and Paul McStay had performed well below expectation but they were not keepers and somehow their footballing impotence was glossed over . |
| 21 | But they were not sufficiently close to sustain Cockburn 's analysis , particularly in the field of urban policy and the management of local communities . |
| 22 | There must have been a proportion of shy , bashful ones around , but they were not in evidence amongst the mob which harassed us day by day as we tried to make our way around the town on our own affairs . |
| 23 | But they were not the greatest : the mechanical acoustic early warning device of Alexander Graham Bell ( his first essay in telecommunications ) is rarely heard nowadays . |
| 24 | Previous generations may also have felt a passing pang of regret as they allowed the younger generation to take their place , but they were not subjected to the pressure to stay young which affects men and women of forty or fifty today . |
| 25 | One grandmother in this position wrote , ‘ I thought they were lucky to have me , but they were not grateful at all . |
| 26 | She scanned the small platform for those two familiar figures , but they were not there . |
| 27 | But they were not allowed to build towers , and so churches , which genuinely represented the spiritual aspirations of the age , also fed their sense of personal achievement and of the needs of their communities . |
| 28 | Whilst dressing the models she tried to chat to them and ask how they had come by their jobs but they were not very forthcoming . |
| 29 | One of us was uneasy , even though they were not able to explain why , but they were not the one with final responsibility . |
| 30 | Refugees were seen as deserving sympathy and help , but they were not to be pampered . |