Example sentences of "[coord] we [was/were] not " in BNC.
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| 1 | The route was obvious , we were all experienced and we were not exactly alone . |
| 2 | ‘ Our original tour , in 1987 , was cancelled because of the World Cup and we were not due to visit New Zealand again until 1996 , ’ he said . |
| 3 | The lights came up and we were not in that magic world beyond the screen but back in the familiar tawdry surroundings of Sneinton , Notts . |
| 4 | Millar said : ‘ The WEA was subsidised by the state and we were not . |
| 5 | Millar said : ‘ The WEA was subsidised by the state and we were not . |
| 6 | This , however , was a determined pack and we were not going to be put off by small obstacles like being unable to stand up or walk forward . |
| 7 | We did not have the time to visit the swimming-pool three times a week , and we were not interested in pumping iron or trundling around on an exercise bike every morning . |
| 8 | Eventually she admitted to us that Charlie was stealing them to sell and we were not to mention it . |
| 9 | It turned out she was just as fed up as me , and we were not the only ones . |
| 10 | That dispute can not be resolved by this court and we were not asked to do so . |
| 11 | Neither Tandri nor Yong knew — and we were not about to tell them — that we no longer had enough money left to make a single call . |
| 12 | We brought books to Brownies which we read for an hour and we were not allowed to say a word . |
| 13 | There was a moment of sudden realisation that we 'd spent four months raising this cash and we were not going to let it go that easily . |
| 14 | And we were not too keen on it at that time but had been all right . |
| 15 | The release of PGE 3 , however , was below the detection limit of our combined HPLC method , and we were not able to detect if such an enhanced response is also present in eicosapentaenoic acid fed rats . |
| 16 | By the time we eventually turned to starboard and headed off towards the UK I was most anxious to get home : I was to be the best man at a wedding that day , and I had to get back before high noon , When the dawn really appeared we were lying very sedately over ( and we were not aware of it at the time ) Belgium . |
| 17 | The the estate agents were finding that they were using these up very quickly by sending them away , also they were rather expensive to send away in the post and we were not prepared to put , er we were n't getting the income to survive on that . |
| 18 | But nationally and locally because it seems that the answer to crime is , the decision was reached with the Chief Constable and the chairman of the police committee with very little reference to and the deputy and we were not consulted on whether or not it should take place or ask what problems we would encounter we were told it was taking place . |
| 19 | We have come to expect super classes on this course , and we were not disappointed ! |
| 20 | However , we have made it quite clear that there are certain erm issues erm which we stand very firm on , and we were not interested in erm moving on issues like charging frail elderly people and physically handicapped people for the already fairly sparse services that they received , so we put that , if you like , as a no-go area . |
| 21 | But we were not moved to write about them , possibly because they were so very much themselves , any personal comment of ours might seem an intrusion . |
| 22 | The Jews hated it but we were not against the Jews . ’ |
| 23 | But we were not about to give up . |
| 24 | But we were not taken into the confidence of those who determined media-generated arguments between agendaless and ideologically bankrupt parties . |
| 25 | ‘ Our house in London has been burgled but we were not in it at the time . |
| 26 | ‘ But we were not sick so much , ’ said the Sheikha . |
| 27 | We were even made , in school woodwork , to use the gauge in the left hand , but we were not told why . |
| 28 | But we were not there ourselves . |
| 29 | But we were not completely isolated . |
| 30 | ‘ But we were not alone ! ’ |