Example sentences of "[coord] [conj] he was not [adj] " in BNC.

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1 In a speech at the launch of the ss Trevethoe in February 1913 he took the opportunity publicly to declare that he was in favour of a conciliation board , and that he was not alone in this conviction .
2 At the last hearing at Oxford County Court Judge Charles Harris said their payment record was intolerable and that he was not mindful to postpone the eviction again .
3 He did n't want to exacerbate what he saw as an existing weakness of his own in that respect , and although he was not censorious of other people , I think he was genuinely quite frightened of it , and at one point in the Arts Lab , when there was quite a lot of speed pills , amphetamines , going around amongst the young people there , he did speak out very strongly one evening against it , saying that he personally did not want anything like that around anything he was closely involved with because he felt that it was not a good thing for people to be speeding and it created the sort of vibes that might end up causing problems .
4 He planned to acquire one of the Agricultural Project smallholdings , and although he was not eligible , he had some hopes since those who were qualified were not applying .
5 When Tate took his leave , Eliot stood at the door of the drawingroom leaning on two canes ; Tate waved goodbye , and although he was not able to raise himself from the canes he smiled and made a movement with one hand .
6 Knight 's were the more damaging , for he had obviously gained first-hand information on the drug-hearing and drug-testing procedures in South Africa , and when he was not satisfied fired off a series of messages , including newspaper clippings , hearings findings and his own personal letters to the NZRFU .
7 Dr. Goldsmith replied cautiously , but while he was not enthusiastic , he did not support the complaints .
8 If he had been a young , attractive gentleman , I would have been too shy to offer help , but as he was not handsome , and even quite rough , I felt I wanted to help him .
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