Example sentences of "that [pron] [noun] was not [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But on the other hand , the bibliography for the Tate catalogue required that I look back at a lot of old notices and I find that my perception was not at all valid . |
| 2 | I was also reminded that on the same floor I woke up one morning to find the sun shining through the curtains , it being the only day of the entire Frankfurt Book Fair that my room was not below cloud level . |
| 3 | It is true that my mother was not in that state , but she too had lost the will to live ; and she too was denied the balm of curtailment . |
| 4 | It was obvious that my aircraft was not in a condition for any further fighting and I flew a zig-zag course back to the 'drome keeping a very watchful eye on the sky around me . |
| 5 | Each one has held to the view that the Common Market was flawed from its inception , that its membership was not in Britain 's interest , that with respect to trade , immigration policy , defence and foreign policy , her true interests were best upheld as an independent nation trading on the high seas . |
| 6 | She did n't bother tapping on the door but pushed it open and straightaway saw that her sister was n't in the room . |
| 7 | She wanted to say that her conscience was n't for sale ; but she lacked the nerve . |
| 8 | Ruth saw at once that her grandfather was not in the room , but she took it for granted that by some miracle he had improved enough to get upstairs and was resting in bed . |
| 9 | They never complained that their music was n't on certain radio stations because they understood the scope of their work . |
| 10 | God bless that their death was not in vain . |
| 11 | He had worked most assiduously on the design but on finding that his style was not to Palmerston 's taste he would , in conformity with the statement made in Parliament , make another design , which he trusted ‘ would be more fortunate ’ . |
| 12 | He could see that his life was n't at issue ; she had n't come to hear about that . |
| 13 | Tweed , the Liberal election agent , ‘ knew … that it was not illness or the tedium of a long convalescence which kept him out , but that his heart was not in it and that confronted with the serried ranks of vested interests which compose this new Government , his sympathies were as always with the bottom dogs … ' |
| 14 | But she could see that his heart was not in it . |
| 15 | His argument that his conduct was not in any sense ‘ aimed at ’ the policeman , as apparently required by the earlier decision , was accepted by the justices , who dismissed the prosecution . |
| 16 | What he felt most inclined to do — warn this man who was his best and oldest friend that his wife was not to be trusted — he had given his word he would not . |
| 17 | In the end Flimnap realized that his wife was not in love with me , and had not done anything wrong , but he was still angry with me . |
| 18 | Nevertheless , although I knew that there would be no Castello di Blandings awaiting me — Eric had always gone to great lengths to tell me that his family was not at all grand or well-off-I said yes . |
| 19 | He suddenly felt horribly drunk , but his wits had not altogether left him and he had a nasty inkling that his speech was not to the point . |
| 20 | He walked with a teeter , as though he was in the middle of falling on his nose , and brandished a glass lens on a stick as a warning to those in his way that his eyesight was not of the best . |
| 21 | Guy de Chauliac had pointed out that his ointment was not without dangers if used in too great a quantity . |
| 22 | We were still undecided when , unaccountably , I had a strong feeling that our pet was n't to be found here . |