Example sentences of "[was/were] n't [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | BMP files were n't of good quality , and , since beauty is in the eye of the beholder , I 've pulled out some of the screens that I like . |
| 2 | ‘ Even if I were n't of Hindu stock , I doubt if I would ever have been attracted by the notion of eating a cow 's stomach . ’ |
| 3 | " That 's just possible as an explanation , " said his wife , " if it were n't for one thing . " |
| 4 | ‘ Oh , most marriages would start off with as good a chance of success as failure , I suppose , if it were n't for outside influences , but there are too many women like you around , taking what you want with no thought for anyone else involved , and then hanging on once you 've got it — out of sheer habit or emotional laziness , it sometimes seems to me . ’ |
| 5 | Yeah , well one lot of tablets were , was , they were n't for relaxing tablets but they were called er |
| 6 | If it were n't for this job creation scheme I 'd be on the rubbish tip |
| 7 | We were n't on great pay as it was . |
| 8 | common she boasts if people like me were n't on this world then your share will go up to you should be grateful , but you 're not , this is , this er country will be in ruin . |
| 9 | Erm I did n't write down the other things that you mentioned as we were going through that were n't on this list . |
| 10 | Yes , but they were n't on Social Security were they ? |
| 11 | They were n't like that owd motor-car : you come home and switch the motor off ; and you do n't see that until tomorrow morning . |
| 12 | Oh , you were n't like that years ago though were you , when he was stopping out at bloody four o'clock in the morning I come round Joy , I 've come round |
| 13 | They were n't like other infantry , drilled to stand in line and fight until they fell or fled , but skirmishers , men of judgment and initiative , who had to decide for themselves when to fire , advance , retreat , surrender , or die . |
| 14 | Sunday night was usually jam session night at the Mimosa Club for assorted trad jazzmen who were n't in regular bands or who could n't get a gig in one of the big suburban pubs . |
| 15 | Well when you all went , as you all left , when the last lot of redundancies were made , I said I 'm not paying no more union , Judith come over about the union meeting , I said I 'm not going to the meeting Judith and I said I want to come out of the union I 'm not paying any more , I said I ca n't afford ten pound a month for crap , well me and Jan had a big barney over it cos I never got on with her anyway and we had a big fucking row about it , she said the union this , the union that , I said where were the unions with my mates , they were n't in damn site , they were never there , we never saw one union representative from the day Audrey got done and we never ever saw erm till the last one got done , I said so do n't you tell me about the union I said they did fuck all , they were n't even here , so I said I do n't want to pay the union , and I said do n't tell me what to do Jane , I said what I do with me money is up to me I said get me out the union and get me out now , and then they all started , they all wanted to come out of it then , oh Maureen I think I might but what would Debbie say , I said Maureen do you ask her for a shit ? |
| 16 | Unfortunately , on our first evening , things were n't in good order . |
| 17 | Which were n't in thirty years ago . |
| 18 | ‘ You were n't in direst need , ’ said Felicity , ‘ you got thirty thousand francs a month , which was more than I did . |
| 19 | Said , oh you were n't in last year when I came were you ? |
| 20 | ‘ You look as if you were n't in proper charge of your arms and legs , as if your clothes were uncomfortable . ’ |
| 21 | They were n't there in the they were n't in this office for very long before they disappeared elsewhere . |
| 22 | We were n't in top form either . |
| 23 | His temperament , in fact , was rather more a golfer 's than a racing driver 's and I ca n't be sure that the likes of Arnold Palmer and other big sportsmen who 'd made good in the States were n't in some way role models for the young Mario . |
| 24 | We were borrowing money from the Americans to keep going , and er , we certainly were n't in any shape to dictate the terms of the peace to the Americans . |
| 25 | ‘ We were n't in any danger , ’ she protested . |
| 26 | ‘ You were n't by any chance waiting for a fare , were you , sir ? ’ |
| 27 | Hey , James , you were n't by any chance just after downing 7 pints of the black stuff in McSwiggans ( sp ? ) : - ) . |
| 28 | A new generation of bankers who were n't around last time will be encouraging them to overreach themselves . |
| 29 | But it was n't worth fifty pound a week . |
| 30 | Yeah , tell your Mum to give me the twelve pence , er , er the two P cos erm it was n't , it was n't worth last night . |