Example sentences of "[was/were] n't be " in BNC.

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1 ‘ You were n't being kind .
2 He glanced around , ensuring they were n't being overheard .
3 ‘ To check that you were n't being followed ? ’
4 What is interesting is whether the women were there ready to work because they were marginal to the existing structure and were n't being allowed into the existing structure or , and I think there is evidence to show this , because they are actually more interested in being flexible , innovative and creative than in a tidy career track — that they are prepared to go nut and take chances .
5 But then they , unlike me , were n't being paid to listen .
6 One woman described how she experienced an aggressive pattern : ‘ I found it very difficult to cope with women over me , especially if I thought that they were n't being fair — although I had no problems when dealing with men .
7 They were n't being deliberately rude — it was just hard for them to concentrate .
8 It 's a terrible way of looking at it — but , if people were n't being blown up , I would n't have written ‘ Look Mum No Hands ’ .
9 ‘ You were n't being examined . ’
10 If you put if you compiled your menu and you then found out that certain dishes were n't being sold what would you do then ?
11 " Since we were n't being shown any buffalo , " replied the senator , smiling easily , " we bagged a muntjac that I spotted on the plain — for one of our smaller groups . "
12 Ergs were there aplenty : they just were n't being channelled anywhere .
13 If we were n't being drilled we were being marched to meals , to classes , to talks .
14 Scotland Yard has already said that some videos containing explicit sex scenes would be classed as illegal pornography if they were n't being marketed as ‘ educational . ’
15 But I knew she was giving a series of lectures somewhere , and they were n't being reported , and there 's only one thing you 'd ask Dot to lecture on , so … ’
16 If they were n't there and if they were n't being used , then there may well be more and more p pressure on the city centre of York , so they do discharge I think er a positive function .
17 So is that being as you were n't being assertive at the time
18 Chantelle says that the Gloucester area has lots of good young skiers and they were n't being given a chance so she formed the club and the response has been overwhelming … they survive thanks to parents but they are hoping to find a sponsor … it 's not like a football team or tennis club because they have British champions
19 It would be worse , however , if those chances were n't being created .
20 Just think what might have happened , of course , if all those folk were n't being forever vigilant .
21 Well they do n't know you were n't being are n't doing sheet metal work here .
22 You were n't being very nice to us .
23 were they being transmit , they were n't being picked up from the U S A were they ?
24 They said they were n't being
25 And all , all the other things we 've listed out that have taken up time of the team were n't being done in September .
26 Most of the windows were broken , and those that were n't were boarded over .
27 Some of the passengers must have been up just after dawn to watch the huge liner ease its way gently alongside the dock , and those who were n't were beginning gradually to emerge on the upper decks , or to enjoy breakfast by one of the pools .
28 Were n't were n't you afraid you 'd do something wrong ?
29 Oh no you were n't were you ?
30 Oh we were n't were we Ton ?
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