Example sentences of "[v-ing] [conj] it [was/were] n't " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 'd be walking if it was n't for me . |
| 2 | Or schools get very excited by computer-assisted learning , ordering equipment and retraining teachers — only to find that the pupils , so full of enthusiasm three years ago , have totally lost interest , while the ‘ experts ’ are once again suggesting that it was n't such a good idea after all . |
| 3 | The the reconciliations suggesting that it was n't a good stock take . |
| 4 | But , realising that it was n't very good manners to sit there bemoaning her lot , she made a huge attempt to get over her disappointment , and trotted out lightly , ‘ Oh well , perhaps it 's fortunate that I find Mariánské Láznë quite an enchanting place . ’ |
| 5 | Either the place was worth searching or it was n't . |
| 6 | At the time I was very much in love , one of those adventures which seem of overwhelming importance at the time but , afterwards , leave one wondering if it was n't a kind of sickness . |
| 7 | Indeed , Mr Voss had last year written to The Daily Telegraph extolling the place — ‘ for patrons who wish to relax in comfort and splendour and enjoy the delights of haute cuisine ’ — and complaining that it was n't fair that Paddy Burt had written about a nearby Dorset establishment ( albeit unfavourably ) . |
| 8 | It was when Peggy had come back firmly , stating that it was n't , that it was only the beginning , that Mrs Funnell had told her definitely which side she was on . |
| 9 | Brutus had said that he killed Caesar for the general good but Antony is now saying that he did n't know why they killed him , otherwise he saying that it was n't for the general good . |
| 10 | " We 'll start by assuming that it was n't a bluff , that the murderer , or his accomplice , made the call to delay Mrs. Bidwell 's arrival and the discovery of the body . |
| 11 | ‘ If it 's not out of your way , ’ she said , serenely , knowing that it was n't , and McLeish got to his feet , savouring self-consciously the sensation of being whole-heartedly envied by the surrounding male drinkers . |
| 12 | If they were going along trying to open shop doors , they could go in as a suspected person loitering but it was n't looked upon very favourably by the courts . |
| 13 | An artificial log glowed in the manorial fireplace and I wondered whether she was admitting that it was n't really very nice now , and how often Syl felt it as an obligation to take his mother for drives around the countryside . |
| 14 | She sent him a memo — the usual form of royal communication — but he replied negatively , arguing that it was n't possible as she had only been doing the job for a short time . |
| 15 | He went across to it , still thinking that it was n't too late to back out and close the door behind him and pretend that he 'd never even been in here . |
| 16 | For my tuppence worth i agree with Triffic Brooking that it was n't a back-pass but Beaney should have wellied it up the pitch . |
| 17 | I talked about the conditions that Normandin had described and kept repeating that it was n't a question of doing a deal , but of looking at other ways to get the hostages out . |
| 18 | And , well , I just felt it had been worth trying but it was n't going to work . |