Example sentences of "was n't [vb pp] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But by the sound of what she has just said her mother was n't cut out for work , not the kind you 'll find in this quarter , except her last job . |
| 2 | He realized that he ‘ was n't cut out for academic work ’ . |
| 3 | She just was n't cut out for this sort of thing ! |
| 4 | " Oswin said I was n't cut out to be a nun . |
| 5 | Bon Jovi never did dirty their songs with real spunk , anger or despair , on in fact any emotion that was n't packaged up in stadium size , third-hand slogans with melodies so open and bare they sound as if they 've caught sunstroke in the New Jersey heat , and nothing 's changed . |
| 6 | It was n't turned on by the T V. |
| 7 | ‘ It 's a miracle he was n't killed either by the electric cable , the fall or an oncoming train , ’ said police . |
| 8 | It was a welcome break from comedy , but it was n't noticed enough for there to be a great many similar offers . |
| 9 | ‘ You 're so damn full of your own importance you ca n't get it into your thick skull that the world was n't created solely for your amusement . |
| 10 | Ward had often threatened to have it converted into a work room but , as is the case with most attics , it remained nothing more than a storehouse for junk that was n't wanted elsewhere in the cottage . |
| 11 | It it was n't organized well from that point of view . |
| 12 | I think the occasional piece which encouraged your readers to rediscover the genuinely great figures of the past — Gene Vincent , for example — would be useful , especially if it was n't tied in with some promotion or record release |
| 13 | The money was removed and the new element of time on a job was applied , and er this was n't done easily of course because when they introduced the work study consultants , erm we found it necessary , particularly the shop stewards found it necessary to have consultation with the management . |
| 14 | He had n't got creases on his face from being folded up , and he was n't made up of hundreds of tiny dots , but apart from that … |
| 15 | in London B T H or G E C , I remember he told us that the last time you know because he was n't called up in the war he was reserved . |
| 16 | He was n't beaten far by subsequent Sandown winner Kilcash over two miles here last month , and will be ideally suited by today 's extra half-mile . |
| 17 | So er time went on , I did n't get the sack , I just was n't sent back for . |
| 18 | I was pleased to be sitting here with a strong drink , pleased that I was n't staked out on the basement floor , playing the romantic lead in a snuff movie . |
| 19 | ‘ The major chains have taken up the promotion in a big way , but so have many independents , which is terrific because the promotion was n't designed just for the chains ; we wanted everyone to get involved . ’ |
| 20 | She had a pretty shrewd guess what Jason had done to have so altered the volatility but if she was n't allowed down to the pits how would she ever prove it ? |
| 21 | ‘ What a set-up for a young lass when her father must n't be told she goes to a dance , ’ said Lizzie , which brought forth from Peggy the sharp and quizzical retort , ‘ Remember , Mam , when I was fifteen I was n't allowed out at all after six o'clock unless you were with me . ’ |
| 22 | The building , the staff and the food were wonderful , but I was n't allowed out of the front door on my own . |
| 23 | " Oh do n't get the wrong idea — I was n't driven on to the streets through grief , or nothing like that . |
| 24 | The policeman 's dog ( breed unidentified in Flaubert 's version ) was n't carried away by a torrent ; it just drowned in deep water . |
| 25 | ‘ I wanted to do dance and drama , because I was n't pulled enough by drama on its own . |
| 26 | MainMan was n't started right at that point but then DeFries had the idea that he could keep a better eye on David , myself and eventually Mick Ronson , as he was being treated as a solo artist . |
| 27 | So he was n't chauffeured about in his native city . |
| 28 | ‘ I 'm sure she was n't taken in for a moment about — about me . ’ |
| 29 | The ‘ maxims ’ at the end are not quite in the class of Sebastian Melmoth , but throughout there is barely anything which was n't chiselled out with both care and flair . |
| 30 | It was n't read out in court , but it lead the Coroner to record a verdict of suicide . |