Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] were not [verb] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Many were recovered from dark caves and rock crevices where they were not intended to be seen by mortal eyes . |
| 2 | Excluded from the political process in their newly adopted lands , where they were not allowed to vote , and anxious to ensure a higher standard of living in the New World than they had enjoyed at home , they were instrumental in the creation of early workers ' organisations and political parties in Latin America . |
| 3 | Southend 1 Ipswich 2 IPSWICH 'S inexorable progress towards the Premier League continues although they were not assured of their third successive victory until a minute before full-time . |
| 4 | Although they were not explored during the post-summit press conference , many additional items were discussed by Mr Bush and Mr Gorbachev , including the traditionally vexed question of Star Wars , the Strategic Defence Initiative . |
| 5 | Royal watchers said that during the first official engagement of the day the royal couple appeared to be in fairly good spirits , although they were not seen to talk to each other or exchange glances . |
| 6 | In the chapter on Smolensk guberniia it was noted how peasants were bludgeoned into hauling wood to engine fuel-dumps , although they were not paid for it . |
| 7 | No hostage was released , the excuse given by Ghorbanifar being that Iran did not really need the TOW missiles so they were not counted in the exchange deal . |
| 8 | I felt I must keep a very firm hold on myself if I were not to lose control altogether . |
| 9 | We were now climbing fairly steeply into the mountains and silence was impossible if I were not to lose my quarry . |
| 10 | 1 openly support the FDR-FMLN and feel that it would be an opportunistic attitude on my part to expect to act as a spiritual leader of my people after the triumph of the revolution if I were not working with them at this crucial time . |
| 11 | Provided you were not ground down by illness or poverty . |
| 12 | As it seemed , if she were not to die of her love she had to poison it ; and even , over its death agonies , to exult . |
| 13 | Of course , she would die very quickly if she were not to receive intensive and expensive round-the-clock treatment from the staff of the nursing home where she is now a patient . |
| 14 | The mother would have to rent a property for herself and the boys if she were not to accept the offer of rent-free accommodation for a month with a friend of the father . |
| 15 | Martha turned and shook off her idleness , realising that the old woman would continue enumerating chores if she were not distracted . |
| 16 | From the planet 's surface you might think there is an eastward force , but there is n't , and if you were not rotating with the planet then this would be obvious . |
| 17 | Nothing if you were not looking carefully . |
| 18 | For the first six years , it will give an additional 2 per cent if you were not contracted out of SERPS already . |
| 19 | If you were not contacted please let me know so that it never happens again . |
| 20 | If you were not to accompany us I would have to find someone in New York . |
| 21 | If you insure all the property in your flat against theft , fire etc. you have less of an incentive to make the place thief-proof and to check over it carefully before going out or going to bed than if you were not insured . |
| 22 | I had thought that if you were not following with a score to marvel at Rattle 's ability to achieve those dynamics so accurately , you would probably feel alienated until you arrived at the next big moment . |
| 23 | It is true that you are sitting etc. , you believe that you are sitting etc. , if you were not sitting etc. you would not believe that you are , and if you were sitting etc. you would believe that you are . |
| 24 | Would you so react to the particular situation which confronts us now , if you were not applying the standard mechanically ? |
| 25 | If you were not allowed to go back and live in your country , how would you feel ? |
| 26 | ‘ It might be better though , my lady , if you were not to wander the open Dale with such a small escort . |
| 27 | But Philip , a gentle and even timid soul , would leave if something were not done . |
| 28 | While accepting in principle the need to delegate , her inner fury , not always expressed , if something were not carried out to her wishes , was great . |
| 29 | ‘ She has all the best of me without my bad side , and if she were yours , it would almost seem as if we were not separated by death . |
| 30 | It had to be learnt , if we were not to turn into nervous wrecks . |