Example sentences of "[was/were] n't " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I joined Amnesty in 1968 when there were n't any teams or even research regions . |
| 2 | And they were n't worth transporting all the way back . |
| 3 | Peony looked suitably chastened , but there was a glint in her eye that told Peggy there was plenty more she could say , and would say , if it were n't for the fact that she adored the Vicar with a passion that bordered on the obsessive . |
| 4 | They were n't sure if this applied in my case but they were investigating the matter . |
| 5 | But the eventual consensus was that runner beans , which of course rely on insects for pollination , simply were n't getting enough attention from them . |
| 6 | Last September I visited a garden which was nearly a thousand feet up , and I could see that the gladioli , planted as dormant corms in early May , were n't going to flower . |
| 7 | And were n't you the dyke who was extolling the virtues of the single life only months ago ? |
| 8 | Were n't they — if Lucy could roll out this announcement like she might show a friend a new carpet . |
| 9 | They were n't pledged to any other idea . |
| 10 | ‘ You were n't with anyone in the kitchen . |
| 11 | ‘ No you were n't ’ said Luke . |
| 12 | ‘ Well , someone got up and said I could n't propose throwing redcoats out of Belfast because there were n't any nowadays . |
| 13 | The customs officers run their eyes over us as if we were n't there . |
| 14 | If you were n't , you 'd probably sack yourself on the spot . |
| 15 | Even those in the Britain of the 1980s who would have liked to privatise the last municipal loo were n't too bothered about the Hops Marketing Board . |
| 16 | Honours were n't even and though time was getting on , I needed to climb a route . |
| 17 | The Welsh mountains were n't first explored by alpenstocked Victorians after the glories of recorded ascents , nor , most certainly , by Lycra-clad gymnasts in pursuit of same . |
| 18 | Before leaving Britain we 'd learnt that the hike up to Mount Kenya 's ‘ walkers summit ’ , Point Lenana , was not too demanding , and that the climbing route up to the twin summits of Batian and Nelion was graded mainly Diff , with a few patches of Severe , so we were n't expecting any technical problems . |
| 19 | Our reviewers selected four 60 litre plus models and were n't disappointed . |
| 20 | At the end of the Gulf War , British Army authorities announced they would have to destroy all dogs which had been picked up and kept by British units in the war zone , but Dave and his colleagues decided they were n't going to let this cruel fate befall Des . |
| 21 | ‘ Fine for a 1950s semi , but old buildings were n't intended to be hermetically sealed ; preventing moisture getting in and out causes real damage . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ You 'd have to remember who you were n't speaking to , who was on fatigues . |
| 23 | When they were n't trashing their equipment ( something which kept them occupied deep into the Seventies ) , they were trashing each other . |
| 24 | And when they were n't trashing each other , they were trashing themselves . |
| 25 | Such a drug , he suggests , would be not unlike crack , and the poor shmucks who were n't UMC would love it , while those who 'd worked so hard for their privileges would despise the short-cut : you 're either UMC or you are n't , simulacra wo n't do . |
| 26 | ‘ They were writing about the country , but they were n't from it . |
| 27 | This was an outstanding achievement , since we began the dinner ( with Avocado aux Crevettes de Blackpool ) unsettlingly divided : the organisers ( Central Office again ) had expanded the Top Table so ridiculously , in an attempt to flatter those who care about such things , that all of us who were n't on it were consumed with envy . |
| 28 | If you were n't lucky in July turn to page 33 for details of yet another bumper competition with £1000 of Camping Gaz gear up for grabs . |
| 29 | Schools of porpoise , dolphin and sometimes even turtles can also be seen but we were n't so lucky that day . |
| 30 | We also saw several foxes ' earths but were n't lucky enough to get even a glimpse of the inhabitants . |