Example sentences of "[was/were] [not/n't] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | VOLPONE : 'Fore heav'n , a brave clarissimo ; thou becomest it ! pity thou wert not born one . |
| 2 | Koch 's attempt to promote immunity with extracts of the organism ( tuberculins ) were not crowned with therapeutic success . |
| 3 | As luck would have it , Stirling and GH-K meet at Bridgehaugh , and both were not finalising line-ups until after training last night . |
| 4 | Some panel members believed that decisions taken by the Children 's Panel were not implemented by the Social Work Department , and therefore threatened the independence and integrity of the Panel . |
| 5 | Utilitarian ideas such as codification and the setting of fixed punishments for specific offences were not implemented . |
| 6 | Other multi-way trees were not implemented due to increase in search times ( e.g. B-trees , section 3.2.3.1 ) over the 26-way tree . |
| 7 | Ministerial caution and the General Election of 1964 ensured that these proposals were not implemented . |
| 8 | But their explanations of the deterioration of national physique in terms of the reckless breeding of the unfit , and their policies of forced segregation of degenerates and the issuing of marriage certificates , were not implemented . |
| 9 | This was perhaps the main single reason why changes in teaching methods were not implemented . |
| 10 | Inter-word boundary effects were not implemented for the first prototype . |
| 11 | They fixed two nights when they were not riding . |
| 12 | But they were not nabbed , and the warning was extended by a week . |
| 13 | Daikin said he had indications from ‘ people involved in making a better South Africa ’ that ‘ if the tour were not to take place there are certain advantages that may flow from that decision , a highly attractive package for young South Africans of the future that involves more than cricket ’ . |
| 14 | If he were not to take her home , where would they go ? |
| 15 | For example , five levels of management were cut ; this development sent a message to the work force that the required reductions were not to take place only at the lower levels of the hierarchy . |
| 16 | From time to time I read about the views of the hon. Member for Holborn and St. Pancras , ( Mr. Dobson ) but I was also interested to read over my cornflakes on Saturday morning the Labour party briefing to the effect that we were not to take the hon. Gentleman too seriously . |
| 17 | If Dave were not to take part in the cabal ( ‘ I 'm a member of the Party , but that 's all ’ ) , what was he doing later on that evening ? |
| 18 | In the general improvement of the clergy , canon 18 of the Fourth Lateran Council declared that henceforth clergy were not to take part in the pronouncement of the death penalty , to fight or duel , or to perform surgery which involved cutting or burning . |
| 19 | Nothing if you were not looking carefully . |
| 20 | The erstwhile ubiquitous road men , always in couples , bent double when you were not looking and sucking pipes and leaning on long-handled spades when you passed , were locals you knew and waved to . |
| 21 | Police said they were not looking for anyone else in connection with the deaths . |
| 22 | By now certain that Meehan and Griffiths were the murderers of Mrs Ross , the Crown Office in Edinburgh issued a statement that with Griffiths 's death and Meehan 's arrest , they were not looking for any other suspects in connection with the Ayr murder — thus , said Nicky , prejudging the very issue that was to come to trial . |
| 23 | The Wisharts , who lived in North London , were not looking forward to the long train journey one little bit ; being just after the war , the trains were run down , lacked essential maintenance and did n't keep very good time , so the Wisharts regarded the prospects of the journey with considerable misgivings . |
| 24 | He could work out the house-style ; take legal responsibility for libel ; make sure nothing went in the paper which was against the editorial Charter when the Founders were not looking ; and he could put ‘ scoops ’ in the paper should the reporters come across some . |
| 25 | They were not looking at us . |
| 26 | Sixteen students were not looking for work at the time of the survey . |
| 27 | You came into the chamber , you were not looking for an almost invisible line of thread running from your bed underneath the door . |
| 28 | But they were not looking at one point , as the worshippers did at the Wimbledon Islamic Boys ' School ( Day Independent ) : they were moving up and down , backwards and forwards , bumping into each other and generally carrying on like people at Victoria Station during the rush hour . |
| 29 | We were we were not looking for an exception to policy E two we were looking for a policy which complements erm I five . |
| 30 | Police said they were not looking for anyone else in connection with the discovery . |