Example sentences of "were n't [verb] [adv] [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | So , but , but basically the answer to your question is , if we were n't asked then there 's no requirement for us to give the information . |
2 | For instance you could n't , like nowadays , tighten up a slack scene where people were n't picking up their cues so quickly by cutting out a few pauses here and there . |
3 | Well no , no I , I , I 'd got a cycle and er the money was very useful to us cos er my husband , he worked on the , on the top of at Parcel he could n't go down , they were n't allowed underneath er because he wore glasses , anyone wearing glasses they were n't allowed underground you see and they had to work on what they call on the surface , and of course the wages were n't , were n't much and er I was glad to go out to work and er and I , I eventually I had a cycle and I used to cycle to Squires and back you know , and erm it was , it was very very useful indeed the money I , I , I earned there . |
4 | Were Lineker were n't playing where he ? |
5 | And you can always tell reflectors in training , cos sometimes you 'll think what 's happening , nobody else wants participation , reflectors will actually stand back and think well what did they ask for , what do I talk about then and it 's always like a delayed response you get a lot of reflectors and we had one course once and we had all high reflector scores and that actually told us a lot about participation cos people were n't disguising any they were thinking about it coming in had time to consider an opinion so that 's a reflector . |
6 | As David Ryan , the drummer with big , bright eyes that explode out of his skull , who 's stuck with Evan longer than most , puts it : ‘ If things were n't going well I would n't be here , I 'd have flown home weeks ago . ’ |
7 | No in eighty four they they were n't going under they were |
8 | We were n't told where we were going . |
9 | at all , but he were n't , you know , he were n't signalling where he was going he was just talking |