Example sentences of "[coord] [pers pn] [was/were] not [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But for the average home-owner to find good taste cheaply , displayed informally , and feel certain that he or she was not making a mistake because it was already arranged and coordinated , was quite new to Parisians . |
| 2 | ‘ He means , ’ said Rita , slowly , in her loud classroom voice , ‘ anyone could walk in as long as he or she were not carrying a package that did look suspicious . ’ |
| 3 | Once , my partner and I were not allowed to play on a vacant court , just because my friend had a brown sweatshirt on , and there was a veterans doubles match on the next court — we might put them off by playing on the vacant court ! |
| 4 | So we had to obey all her orders , and Joseph and I were not allowed to scold her any more . |
| 5 | But of course , five years difference meant that he and I were not relating as equals until I was about sixteen , and then the war separated us . |
| 6 | I believe her , I trust her and I was not bewitched by her green eyes , owing to the fact that I was on duty at the time . ’ |
| 7 | The food was excellent and I was not charged much because the cooking was done on quite a large scale — I was not a big eater so my lunch did not make much difference to the running of the place . |
| 8 | I wanted an apology and I was not given one . |
| 9 | I was told that the new drug I was given was better than the one I had been previously taking and I was not warned about any side effects or told not to get pregnant . |
| 10 | I was told that the new drug I was given was better than the one I had been previously taking and I was not warned about any side effects or told not to get pregnant . |
| 11 | ‘ The truth is I knew throughout the summer that my game was not as sharp and I was not enjoying myself on the course as I did in 1991 . |
| 12 | Without meaning there is only suffering , and I was not going to leave it at that . |
| 13 | ‘ I was nervous and I was not making my first serves . |
| 14 | ‘ Today he told me to deliver a packet and I was not to tell you . |
| 15 | ‘ I was just going out then and I was not coming home until nearly 7am . ’ |
| 16 | These were questions you should not have asked , and you were not answered ; but you heard that men were animals , and could not control themselves . |
| 17 | But it did not take your breath quite away and you were not turned upside down , which she hated . |
| 18 | Tomorrow she would hear his voice and she was not looking forward to it . |
| 19 | She was not a party to the proceedings and she was not represented before the court . |
| 20 | Adam had never touched her in the office , and she was not expecting it . |
| 21 | He would curse when he heard the message , even though tomorrow the string would be doing road work and she was not needed . |
| 22 | So many families had changed sides , and she was not imprisoned , nor even a slave . |
| 23 | Her back was arched and she was not breathing . |
| 24 | Elisabeth already felt herself rebuked in the presence of Fru Møller and the Colonel — over matters beyond her control — and she was not going to add to that burden of disapproval if she could avoid it ; not again . |
| 25 | Jane , because she was a mistress , rarely had an opportunity to attend the more elegant events of society , and she was not going to miss this chance of being seen at a duchess 's ball . |
| 26 | She admitted it but that was , she had drunk more than her share , that was , it was not to be taken seriously , there were , she could n't even remember saying it , it could have been him , he was drunk was n't he , misunderstanding or even making it up , after all he had done it , not her , he had taken the boy to London , she was asleep , did n't even hear them go , he had taken the boy and left him there , OK , lost him there , easy to do in London but better find him or all hell would break loose and she was not going to carry the can , not for anybody . |
| 27 | If it had a secret she would do her best to discover it and she was not going to miss the trail across the Mountains of the Moon to what was undoubtedly the greatest small picture in the world . |
| 28 | Dave did not like the past and she was not going to risk losing any part of the present . |
| 29 | Eva Burrows had found her " shining person " and she was not going to be deflected from following Him . |
| 30 | Mrs Terry Place was not a girl to show false sentiment , and she was not going to show it now . |