Example sentences of "was n't [verb] [adv] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I was n't watching where I was putting my feet . |
| 2 | ‘ He was n't moving so I started to give him mouth to mouth . ’ |
| 3 | You you you used to break windows but it was n't done like you see now people , kids s picking up bricks and just breaking a window for the sheer delight of it . |
| 4 | She came out of the room , pulling her bag of soiled linen , and because she was n't looking where she was going , almost cannoned into a tall dark girl . |
| 5 | And your Governor was n't looking where he was going , it was very silly of him . |
| 6 | Zacharias was a minor painter when he was n't living off his mistresses , and reputedly a dissolute . |
| 7 | And he was n't getting off her bed . |
| 8 | The other one was n't sent home it was kept here . |
| 9 | He did n't seem to know what it was himself , but she knew that it could n't be love , and if it was n't love then none of the other possibilities mattered . |
| 10 | And Andrew , he was n't started so he jumped |
| 11 | At the moment the solicitor has the report , which it took Derek quite a while to find , cos it was n't filed where it should have been . |
| 12 | but if she was n't sleeping over she had , say she had |
| 13 | If those men was n't going there I would say right , put the gas fire on . |
| 14 | Mum was n't coming so she 'd come and fetch me . |
| 15 | One boy called Caddles was n't educated instead he was forced to work in chalk pits . |
| 16 | Cos it instead of it was n't wrapped up you see , it was wrapped up in a cloth . |
| 17 | If those men was n't working there I would n't hesitate . |
| 18 | About the homework bit er I thought about it the other day and obviously mine was n't brought up we 're having a set detention night are n't we ? |