Example sentences of "[adv] [coord] [pers pn] was not " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mark : I was in a relationship from about 1981 to 1984 and , in a sense , I did not think AIDS affected me very greatly and it was not very high in my consciousness . |
| 2 | However , the Soviet pilot of the aircraft chartered to transport the missiles refused to do so and it was not until mid-February that a US aircraft set out . |
| 3 | The steward of a lordship or the master of the royal game might guard the Crown 's interests as a landlord — or put in a deputy to do so but he was not concerned with the collection of taxes , the maintenance of order , and the execution of justice . |
| 4 | Software selection and use in this school has been guided by the policy stated above and it was not until such policy decisions were taken that appropriate software could be chosen . |
| 5 | This sale later fell through and it was not until the following August that Wyvis Hall was finally sold to a Mr and Mrs Langan for the much improved figure of £51,995 . |
| 6 | The reason why I consulted my brief was because I am to visit the Young Vic shortly and I was not certain whether the hon. Gentleman would appear on the stage or in the audience on that occasion . |
| 7 | Towards the end of the 16th century when the President 's Lodge of Queens ' College was built its timber framework was plastered over and it was not until 1911 that the plaster was removed to reveal the massive but somehow delicate oak members which make up the frame . |
| 8 | She had had plenty of time to mull things over and she was not too sure if there was n't some underlying reason for this trip to Spain that they had not been told about , or maybe Richie did n't know himself . |
| 9 | I knew he would not but I was not too disappointed . |
| 10 | She realised that he would want an easy uncomplicated life where everything ran smoothly and he was not troubled with domestic difficulties . |
| 11 | In addition , Derry was a provincial town , distant from the corridors of power where lobbying could be carried out and it was not a natural locus for a pressure group like NICRA . |
| 12 | The evenings were drawing out and it was not yet dark but the hall of Moorlake was shadowy and insubstantial in the twilight . |
| 13 | Tommy Allen was married now and it was not unnatural that he should have a conversation with Carrie , but the nagging feeling would not go away . |
| 14 | He did not say it loudly and she was not sure she had heard right so she continued . |
| 15 | The centre of defence did well but I was not happy with the forwards , or the midfield . ’ |
| 16 | Jeane , Ann and Jenny attended Cranham Community Church a year ago but I was not interested : too busy doing something or other . |
| 17 | ‘ I was just going out then and I was not coming home until nearly 7am . ’ |
| 18 | If they went to the house and saw him move into the door , they 'd turn out the family , look everywhere and he was not to be found . |
| 19 | We were being given a marvellous send off by the people there but I was not too sure about the starting pistol that George McGuire was wielding though , maybe I would be put out of my misery sooner than I thought ! |
| 20 | Visits to school were few and far between and it was not long before his parents washed their hands of him . |
| 21 | Afterwards he simply said : ‘ It was my biggest achievement yet and I was not at all disappointed as I did something that I thought was beyond me . |
| 22 | Once they were snowbound she put the task off again and it was not until early March that the thaw began . |
| 23 | She whirled round but she was not frightened and I glimpsed the sparkle of triumph in her eyes . |
| 24 | Then that noise stopped too and he was not sure if he had heard even that . |