Example sentences of "but it [was/were] not " in BNC.
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| 1 | It might have been good for the dockies , but it were n't no good for the lighterman . |
| 2 | But it were n't . |
| 3 | Yeah I know , but it were n't that , now it 's got it all wheels to top . |
| 4 | stew you know like it is a beef ah , but it were n't mince meat , but it were n't stew . |
| 5 | stew you know like it is a beef ah , but it were n't mince meat , but it were n't stew . |
| 6 | Yeah , but it were n't smokeless so she 's had to change it |
| 7 | cheque for a few thousand or something , that would have but it were n't . |
| 8 | He said on the old shillings I want Neil 's bed but it were n't that cos he 's bit of a fun to , you know , you know |
| 9 | I do n't know what made me look in the bag , but it were n't . |
| 10 | But it was n't as bad as I thought it might be . |
| 11 | Now the Palace Hotel was many , many things , but it was n't , by any stretch of the imagination , a palace — or , frankly , a hotel . |
| 12 | The end of the last chapter was , you might think , a suitable place to end the book , but it was n't , properly speaking , the end of my blue period . |
| 13 | She returned to the formal garden and paced its perimeter several times , counting her steps to see if the number would be the same on each circuit ; but it was n't . |
| 14 | He was never tightfisted but it was n't often he was that generous . |
| 15 | But it was n't an easy life , particularly as her father died while she was still quite young . |
| 16 | ‘ I was stopped all right but it was n't as simple as poor McQuaid made out . |
| 17 | But it was n't like I 'd imagined — except for the long silences when I 'd been hoping for laughs . |
| 18 | But it was n't her own flat . |
| 19 | I was sure it was Annie , but it was n't . |
| 20 | He had hoped there would be time for a quick cup of tea but it was n't to be . |
| 21 | But it was n't the time for secrets , or the place . |
| 22 | ‘ When I started , ’ he recalls , ‘ I did try to follow old patterns , but it was n't easy , so I followed my imagination . |
| 23 | They knew nothing about the drive-away alternative , neither did we but it was n't hard to find out . |
| 24 | Leonel Alvarez , rated at about £1 million and expected to play a major part in his country 's World Cup campaign , had been lined up initially on loan , but Derby 's manager Arthur Cox said : ‘ We explored the situation , but it was n't possible . ’ |
| 25 | It was obviously a very clever song but it was n't until we were recording it and filming it down at Greenwich Studios , that we realised its potential because . |
| 26 | It was a wonderful show , ‘ Diamond Dogs ’ , but it was n't practical for a tour so we all thought that if we got the Broadway experts to put it together , it would be the best thing possible — but it was n't . |
| 27 | It was a wonderful show , ‘ Diamond Dogs ’ , but it was n't practical for a tour so we all thought that if we got the Broadway experts to put it together , it would be the best thing possible — but it was n't . |
| 28 | But it was n't . |
| 29 | But it was n't that easy . |
| 30 | It was another dog , a black dog but it was n't Caspar . ’ |