Example sentences of "[was/were] n't [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were n't asked : they were told . |
| 2 | ‘ I thought , ’ said Tessa timidly , ‘ that you said people were n't asked to make other arrangements on this paper ? ’ |
| 3 | Celia and Dougal said nothing , partly because they were n't asked . |
| 4 | The heads of year were n't asked to write anything on their particular year . |
| 5 | So , but , but basically the answer to your question is , if we were n't asked then there 's no requirement for us to give the information . |
| 6 | For instance you could n't , like nowadays , tighten up a slack scene where people were n't picking up their cues so quickly by cutting out a few pauses here and there . |
| 7 | So when you first go down to the beach , no matter how brown your skin , you should treat it as if you were n't suntanned . |
| 8 | The King 's argument was that anything that had a head could be beheaded , and that you were n't to talk nonsense . |
| 9 | Chances are Sharon , Tracy or Wayne were n't raised on a big country estate with Rupert , William , Sarah and Lucinda . |
| 10 | They were n't joking around . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ We thought you would n't have been like you were in that interview unless you knew something that — that you were n't telling people . |
| 12 | And she did check , and we were n't telling them , no we did ? |
| 13 | I hope you were n't telling my bairns horrible stories that 'll keep them awake all night . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Our Leader does n't like to be told that his election was a fraud , that actual grievous bodily harm was perpetrated to bring him victory , that people were n't telling the truth when they said they wanted him , only him , when they said their hearts beat as one with love of him . |
| 15 | I hoped the white men were n't telling him to eliminate all witnesses because I do n't believe it would have needed much persuasion . |
| 16 | It was only because they saw how much she wanted it that they were n't telling her . |
| 17 | ‘ I always sensed there was something you were n't telling me . |
| 18 | They were n't presented with ancient symbols of faith with powers to topple a tyranny . |
| 19 | You see even then they were interesting in me , my , me drawing , the little kids were n't drawing , and I just , you know , playing with the crayons |
| 20 | Why is it that these molecules were n't discovered earlier ? |
| 21 | One thing was for sure : they were n't dressed for snow . |
| 22 | If you look at the way they report they remember what their family environment was like , what their home environment was like as as kids erm you find that they generally have much less positive recollections than people who were n't abused as children . |
| 23 | One of Mick 's first jobs concerning David was to organize the arrangements for my album which later became ‘ Were n't Born A Man ’ . |
| 24 | I 'd started my album ‘ Were n't Born A Man ’ and Mick Ronson was the arranger and producer for a couple of tracks , and David produced a couple of tracks too , but during the making of the album , David became even bigger and bigger in America and the move to America was absolutely imminent so I had to finish my own album without the help of him because he was n't around — which I did . |
| 25 | Professor John Garrow of the Department of Nutrition at St Bartholomew 's hospital in London , and Britain 's foremost authority on weight loss , estimates that around half the slim adult population were n't born with a magic inability to gain weight . |
| 26 | The pursuit of good living is not the innocent thing you would like it to be , my dear ; you were n't born in time to watch my compatriots during the war , the energies they put into it , the boys dying Pour La Patrie while the family at home fought about L'Héritage and assured the survival of La Bonne Cuisine . |
| 27 | ‘ Welshmen were n't born to be right . |
| 28 | I mean , you were n't born here . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ You were n't born one . ’ |
| 30 | The other girls , and your father , were n't born yet . ’ |