Example sentences of "it was not [indef pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was keen to give it a go because Leicester are one of the top clubs , and so it was n't something I could refuse , was it ? |
| 2 | Our music was really ‘ out there ’ , but it was n't something you could stuff down people 's throats ; you had to really want to hear a lot of guitar if you wanted to listen to our records ! ’ |
| 3 | I tried to explain that you either had the vibe or you did n't , it was n't something that I could explain . ’ |
| 4 | Erm and that that was very disturbing , not many people knew about that letter , and certainly it was n't something that the that the probation staff who saw it , erm told anybody about . |
| 5 | It was n't something that he 'd intended , but it was n't something he could help . |
| 6 | It was n't something that he 'd intended , but it was n't something he could help . |
| 7 | But it was n't something that seemed to worry Belov . |
| 8 | Not that it meant very much , because when you thought about it it was n't something really to celebrate but today , June 28th , was his birthday . |
| 9 | She stirred against him , and he mistook it for something like the small movements of a child asleep , and smiled down at her through the slow current of perfume rising from her black , turmoiled hair ; but she was awake and brought her head up , drawing away from him a little , looking at him , so that he had to hide his smile quickly , because it was n't something he had meant her to see . |
| 10 | It was n't something she 'd consciously considered before , just buried the memory along with all the others , but , thinking about it now , she knew he was right . |
| 11 | ‘ It was n't something either of us expected , perhaps … ’ |
| 12 | Even if he had been a screaming queen , he thought , it was n't something he was bound to mention on the application form for a boy 's public school . |
| 13 | It was n't yesterday 's experience , it was n't yesteryear , it was n't something just that happened twenty , thirty , fifty years ago , it 's something , Paul says , that should be happening today ! |
| 14 | It had been clear from the conversation that it was n't something that concerned the gallery , but her personally . |
| 15 | She liked the cottage as much as he did , it cast its own peculiar spell , but it was n't something out of Grimm . |
| 16 | It was n't something that the child automatically got |
| 17 | And therefore in a sense , it might be down to departmental management that it was n't something that the suggestion system should encompass . |
| 18 | She pushed me over and said , ‘ I knew it was n't nobody , yow great big baby ! ’ |
| 19 | But it was n't everybody that could pay it , it was very hard for some people . |
| 20 | Er and they were the kind of people that sometimes found theirself in difficulties , at the end of this quarter , as it 's called , because Well it was n't everybody that could pay it . |
| 21 | You see , it was n't everybody doing their own thing . |
| 22 | Charlie told me it was n't nothing for them to get through twenty nicker poking about in the shops . |
| 23 | Er , it was n't nothing , I tell you ! |
| 24 | If it was a day of moody magnificence that would have inspired Thomas — coal-black skies , lashing rain , swirling winds — some would say it was n't one suited to the Wallaby winger 's high-summer skills . |
| 25 | It was n't one that slid aside . |
| 26 | She knew that look from old , and it was n't one that she particularly liked . |
| 27 | It was n't one she would have chosen ; she could n't imagine what use a black lace evening dress would be , but then , she had no idea of where they were going . |
| 28 | It was n't one we wanted |
| 29 | It was n't one you went down , you went |
| 30 | Vi wished the good Lord had endowed her with size fours , but it was n't anybody 's fault , really . |