Example sentences of "that she [verb] not be [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then she rode home feeling a bit ashamed that she had n't been as brave as she felt sure a proper Brownie ought to have been in face of danger . |
| 2 | She realised at once that he could be forgiven if he reminded her that she had n't been too sugary herself during that phone call : but he did nothing of the kind , though he did allow himself a small smirk before all trace of a smile went from him . |
| 3 | It was only when she was reasonably sober , when , say , she woke up in the morning , head throbbing , tongue parched , that she suspected in retrospect that she had n't been quite so rationally conscious of those selfsame thoughts and actions … |
| 4 | It knew that she had not been there before , and that she had somehow appeared amongst them from nowhere . |
| 5 | He did not , but it added to his anger and Maggie was pleased that she had not been there early . |