Example sentences of "it [vb past] [conj] [pron] [be] not " in BNC.
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| 1 | For a brief moment , it seemed that it was not only the presidents of newly independent Third World countries who had to take special precautions before departing on state visits . |
| 2 | You could n't understand it and mockingly it seemed that you were n't meant to : it was all just there , a small-scale catastrophe , quite ordinary although it seemed not to be . |
| 3 | It seemed that he was not , after all , a true barge dweller . |
| 4 | It seemed that she was not impressed for , having completed her examination , she turned ostentatiously away to follow Anthony to the table where the wine stood . |
| 5 | It claimed that there were not enough members on them ; yet we have seen that in Tsaritsyn at least there was a superfluity of ineffective plenary members . |
| 6 | It showed that they were not anxious , that they knew they had a treasure . |
| 7 | She rather spoilt him now and again ; but when it showed that he was n't intelligent like Constanza she did n't like it . |
| 8 | This was important , because it showed that it was not a protein , and so clearly differed from lysozyme . |
| 9 | It showed that it was not going to be a profitable venture over time . |
| 10 | For example , it showed that it was not injecting illegal drugs that caused HIV infection but using shared and dirty needles ( Aggleton 1990 ) . |
| 11 | It is quite impossible to say that Woolwich paid to close a transaction since it protested that it was not liable and it immediately sought to establish that the regulations were void . |
| 12 | She was surprised to see the studio door open , he always closed the door when he was working and kept it locked when he was n't there . |
| 13 | It emphasised that it was not concerned with reading alone , arguing that reading is not a discrete skill that can be considered in isolation from general language development . |
| 14 | It emphasised that he was not only far west of London but far south as well on a latitude with Sicily and southern Spain . |
| 15 | He was jealous of Florian , she accepted , but she could take little comfort or encouragement from the knowledge , except in so far as it meant that he was n't ready to put an end to their affair quite yet . |
| 16 | Unfortunately it meant that there was n't enough for the consultant to do to keep him out of her way , and every time she turned round she almost fell over him . |
| 17 | My mother used to say that if anyone told her she was looking tired , she knew it meant that she was not looking very attractive either . |
| 18 | And he remembered with satisfaction , because it proved that he was not at fault , that Miriam and Louise had both approached him with some wild tale about Miss Hughes leading their brothers into debauchery and sensuality . |
| 19 | It emerged that he was not a match for her strength , ability and intelligence and , in time , she came to terms with the reality that she was better off without him . |
| 20 | From conversations , it appeared that they were not against education per se ; in fact a number of them had left school to go to further education . |
| 21 | The term ‘ an efficient farm ’ has defied description from many authorities but from this survey it appeared that it was not a farm or a system or an enterprise that was efficient but rather the man who ran it . |
| 22 | I think about the milk this morning , how it froze and it was n't in a fridge or nothing . |