Example sentences of "[was/were] not [verb] [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm sure that when you adopted your working together slogan you were not thinking that it included employers . |
| 2 | ‘ But you were n't supported and it did n't work … so what have you achieved ? ’ she asked sarcastically . |
| 3 | There was no tax invoice because the firm was not registered when it billed for the work . |
| 4 | The first note was not paid when it fell due . |
| 5 | The issue of selecting an NSF candidate for the ( as yet unannounced ) presidential elections was not resolved when it emerged that any candidate would be required to endorse Roman 's programme . |
| 6 | The regime was n't defeated although it had come to a dead end and the liberation movement did not conquer the situation although they made government impossible . |
| 7 | The train was n't stopping until it got to London ; there were other people in the carriage and surely these men would n't dare try anything here , now . |
| 8 | He got his PhD through animal experimentation , but he was n't qualified when it came to recombinant DNA technique . |