Example sentences of "[noun] [coord] it was not " in BNC.
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| 31 | I have imagined it a thousand times and it was not like this . |
| 32 | On the particular facts McCardie J found that the house and its contents were not free of tuberculosis bacilli and it was not fit for human habitation . |
| 33 | It took hours and it was not until the late afternoon that he began the final copy . |
| 34 | With Tyrell he also picked up valuable Formula Two experience and it was not long before Formula One manufacturers were after his signature . |
| 35 | Although the crossbow is known to have existed as early as the fourth century , its main use was as a hunting weapon and it was not until the latter part of the twelfth century that it became a major military weapon . |
| 36 | And when he sagged and said he 'd had enough of the place and it was not what he had thought it would be , she said life never was and that if he wanted to stay in Fleet Street he would be foolish to leave without a new job to go to . |
| 37 | Only through Cunhaval was she aware of life in the forest and it was not a life-form that encouraged them to slow down and set a trap . |
| 38 | For now she was torn between two places and it was not the thought of her father that bound her to this place . |
| 39 | I would go further I am not sure whether my Hon. Friends presented such an amendment but it was not called and ask that such a consultative committee comprise a large number of women bus users . |
| 40 | The twigs on the brakes were all beaded and bulging as with countless white droplets but it was not frost or rain but the swelling of buds . |
| 41 | Footballers sometimes appeared on a music-hall bill in the late Victorian and Edwardian years but it was not until the inter-war years that top players became ‘ stars ’ . |
| 42 | Several times they crossed paths that led into the forest but it was not until another hour had passed and the moon was paling in the light of the false dawn that they were at last among strange scattered rocks like those which strewed the fringe of the forest where they had first entered the Waste . |
| 43 | The next station should have been Mornington Crescent but it was not . |
| 44 | Her article in the Mail on Sunday was seriously prejudicial to the burglary charge but it was not a contempt . |
| 45 | The AC-130 gunships blasted selected targets but it was not immediately clear what had been hit , the witnesses said . |
| 46 | In Hornby 's view , for example , Hatfield ‘ had a sort of Academic Board but it was not a very coherent one ’ , and yet Hatfield 's Academic Board was at that stage probably the farthest advanced in its production of a development plan . |
| 47 | GARY Lineker scored his first goal today since being sidelined from the Japan League for three months with a broken foot but it was not enough to save Nagoya Grampus Eight from defeat in the opening match of the Nabisco Cup . |
| 48 | And he mantled his wings and reared up his head and it was not whispers or meekness or acceptance that came from him . |
| 49 | Nevertheless , central control of the elementary school curriculum was maintained through a succession of codes and it was not until 1936 that these regulations were changed in a way that left responsibility for ‘ a suitable curriculum and syllabus with due regard to the organisation and circumstances of the school ’ in the hands of teachers . |
| 50 | Held , ( 1 ) refusing to join B. as a party , that , since B. claimed no personal interest in the money in court and it was not suggested that the money belonged to the ousted regime , her only locus standi would be as a person entitled to represent the Republic of Somalia ; but that , on the evidence , B. had no recognition as a representative of the Republic in the United Kingdom ( post , pp. 749H — 750B ) . |
| 51 | I picked the song because I had written it for a special person and it was not a Dr Hook song . |
| 52 | The topic lasted them all the way back to the Campo San Maurizio and it was not until they were climbing the stairs up to their respective rooms that he let himself say : |
| 53 | I took on the management for Scullion and it was not an enjoyable experience . |
| 54 | At first it may seem surprising to find a Gentile so involved in Jewish affairs but it was not all that unusual . |
| 55 | 1754 In 1750 a shilling sterling was levied for each quarter land for building a dyke about the Church yard of Killarow but it was not yet finished . |
| 56 | 1754 In 1750 a shilling sterling was levied for each quarter land for building a dyke about the Church yard of Killarow but it was not yet finished . |
| 57 | When the freak accident wrote-off WF502 everyone was devastated at the loss of the full crew but it was not very long before remarks like ‘ well that 's the last one ’ were being bandied about . |
| 58 | General MacArthur did not regard the deployment of American troops in Korea as a priority and it was not until 8 September that the forces led by General John R. Hodge began the task of occupation . |
| 59 | A permanent state of booze-induced stupor was considered good form by these people and it was not long before ‘ to be altogethery ’ meant absolutely blotto . |
| 60 | After switching codes at the age of 11 when he moved to senior school , he began life as a flanker and it was not until 1973 , when he had been playing for seven years , that he moved to tight-head prop . |