Example sentences of "[was/were] not [v-ing] [pron] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah although in fact the roadworks were , were not slowing us down it was , it was the approach to the M three junction was , was really very bad but the erm the road the , the roadworks at Heathrow , we just sort of breezed through that . |
| 2 | ‘ The people that were there were not representing anyone except themselves , ’ said Mr Mbeki . |
| 3 | I were n't having none of it though . |
| 4 | I felt a bit sorry for 'im once , so I sent 'im over a bird but 'e were n't 'aving none of it . |
| 5 | I felt a bit sorry for 'im once , so I sent 'im over a bird but 'e were n't 'aving none of it . |
| 6 | On the other hand , the independence of the Tariff Reform League was a positive advantage : after January 1913 the party supported the tariff policy but was not including them in its immediate programme , so that Central Office could continue to distribute tariff propaganda from the TRL without compromising party policy . |
| 7 | He moved and acted , but the springs of his life and the driving force of his actions were not within himself … his strength was being spent on the grindstone of alien work ; he was not putting it to his own account . |
| 8 | He was n't doing anything on it . |
| 9 | I felt I could hardly lift my arm to comb my hair it was such an effort ; but most of all I got so depressed knowing everything was piling up and I was n't doing anything about it , and soon I would n't be able to . |
| 10 | As we were not due for another lesson till the next day I was n't carrying them with me . |
| 11 | ‘ He was n't carrying anything in his hand that I could see . |