Example sentences of "i [was/were] [not/n't] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | I , I were n't heard of him |
| 3 | I said I were n't gon na bother did n't I ? |
| 4 | Yeah I know but I were n't gon na give it you . |
| 5 | I were n't gon na put myself out for them then he got up and stormed out and then he went back to his sister 's took his |
| 6 | I were n't gon na have one |
| 7 | I were n't gon na see my mum Saturday , but she broke down Saturday night |
| 8 | Well no , I were n't gon na say . |
| 9 | Anyway , and I were n't gon na say that to him . |
| 10 | tell I were n't going to about half past six , seven . |
| 11 | But should n't I do better work if I were n't driven from pillar to post to supplement my salary ? |
| 12 | That was , that was what the crew were getting four pound a week and course my father that time he done away with a cabin boy so I had to do more or less two jobs , see if I were n't working on deck I 'd go down and clean the cabins and that 's how , that 's how we kept the money going course then after a few years when they got to the finish about nineteen thirty one then the harbourmaster turned round and he ruc reduced our wages five shillings a week , so we were getting three pound fifteen a week . |
| 13 | ‘ I was not fishing for compliments ! ’ |
| 14 | 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 . ’ |
| 15 | Mr Zivkovic replied : ‘ Are you saying I was not sent to my death ? ’ |
| 16 | I was not sent to school . |
| 17 | It is not that I inferred from the resemblance in shape that it was a man , until I began to doubt I was not thinking about it at all . |
| 18 | I was not thinking about Suzy until later . |
| 19 | I was not thinking of anything in particular . |
| 20 | I was not thinking of the fact that two New Zealanders were out for 99 , which is stupid and by no means a Test match first , nor to the fact that seven of England 's XI were born outside Britain . |
| 21 | I was not dressed for climbing haystacks . |
| 22 | I was not invited to the press conference at which our Report was presented to the media . |
| 23 | ‘ I was not engaged to Sir Thomas , Inspector , ’ said Angelina patiently . |
| 24 | I could see from the diagram how the back of the work should look , what I was not prepared for was how the front of the work could look . |
| 25 | But I was not prepared for the raking over of academic arguments on defining poverty around when John Moore , then Secretary of State for Social Services , said poverty no longer existed . |
| 26 | I belatedly realized I was not looking at a reproduction . |
| 27 | On catching sight of me she threw up her head , and as I was not looking in her direction she stood stock still , as these animals have a habit of doing when they are under the impression that they have not been seen . |
| 28 | With unfailing respect , may I ask why I was not called on the Yarrow statement ? |
| 29 | I was not called at Question Time , nor did I stand to ask a question . |
| 30 | I was not aiming for any distant target , and nor does natural selection . |