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 ? |