Example sentences of "were n't [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | They were n't joking around . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ 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 . |
| 4 | And she did check , and we were n't telling them , no we did ? |
| 5 | I hope you were n't telling my bairns horrible stories that 'll keep them awake all night . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | It was only because they saw how much she wanted it that they were n't telling her . |
| 9 | ‘ I always sensed there was something you were n't telling me . |
| 10 | 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 |
| 11 | Yeah , but there were n't , there were n't drinking |
| 12 | The vital veins from her lungs — the pulmonary veins — were n't draining in to her heart , but into a chamber which bypassed it and sent blood down to the liver instead . |
| 13 | It 's this terrible pseudo-rational nagging by just carrying on normally , as if she were n't nagging me at all . |
| 14 | All other production would grind to a halt tomorrow if women were n't producing these workers . |
| 15 | Oh yes , oh absolutely , I mean it would n't be therapeutic if we were n't producing good quality stuff , that 's part of the therapy — yes ? |
| 16 | Yes , do n't think we were n't watching you … measurable weight loss needs to be at least in the region of 2 lb a week in order to provide that reward so essential to sustained effort . |
| 17 | What he saw was more or less what he 'd expected ; lots of business , big crowds full of stupid people who were n't watching the traffic , every other window steamed-up and hung with a brace of Peking duck . |
| 18 | You have established , at least in the eyes of others who were n't watching precise times , that at the very moment you were in the church , the Lady Eleanor was still alive . |
| 19 | Pick up one of them bags for her I were n't watching anyway out |
| 20 | They did n't , they di they were n't watching them for very long at all . |
| 21 | You were n't watching Neighbours ? |
| 22 | so she says they were getting it but were n't watching it till eight . |
| 23 | I 've heard name before but I do n't know who he is cos I were n't watching it , I were upstairs , I 've only just come Hey guess what ! |
| 24 | so it were n't interacting between the two , everything had changed and it still did it , were a new kit , got a cabinet of setting line , changed it and it still did it . |
| 25 | They 're gon na go in through that door the second it goes down , they were n't loitering at the end of the passage , they were right by the door were n't they ? |
| 26 | She 's only limping on it at certain times cos she came rushing into my bedroom last night and you were n't limping then ! |
| 27 | The noise down in the courtyard was getting louder as the men began to wonder why they were n't leaving . |
| 28 | If you were n't blackmailing me with that threat to set the press on me , then I 'd be out of that door in half a second flat ! ’ |
| 29 | They were steady on her face , and they certainly were n't discussing business . |
| 30 | I hope we were n't discussing what I thought we were discussing on that |