Example sentences of "[vb past] not be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That night I tried not being decent , being sharp and bitchy , instead . |
| 2 | It was the classic theme of the man depicted not being able to emerge from himself . |
| 3 | Not only had I proved myself a liar but I 'd not been much good at school and did n't even get my leaving certificate . |
| 4 | ‘ She 'd not been long in the village . |
| 5 | She 'd not been able to think what to say . |
| 6 | No them 's just the on the if there 'd not been any change to the croft and that there 'd still the old rent . |
| 7 | I feared that , but I must always have wanted it too , because when you had me dismissed from that job — Oh , I hated that , I hated not being able to see you any more , but I thought it was you I hated . |
| 8 | He was warned that he risked not being able to read Braille if he worked with the soil because it would cut his fingers and reduce their sensitivity . |
| 9 | She was n't going to give him the satisfaction of knowing she dared not be alone with him for even a few minutes . |
| 10 | Most people forgot about him ; and the majority of those who did not were unpleasant . |
| 11 | That they did not was evident in 1988 as 112 gentlemen archers , over half of them using the traditional longbow , took aim at the annual tournament for the ‘ Antient Scorton Silver Arrow ’ . |
| 12 | Those of you who did n't are guilty of not reading the questions properly . |
| 13 | I did n't be sick . |
| 14 | If each of the others had not been complete , then if cc had not been , e would not have happened . |
| 15 | If each of the other circumstances had not been complete , then if e occurred , cc was complete . |
| 16 | She had wanted to meet the young man again , but now the opportunity had been afforded her she had not been confident enough to accept it . |
| 17 | First , when the original assessment had been raised in February 1984 , W had not been uncertain within the meaning of s 247(8) about the beginning and end of the period ; and second , further leave would be required from the Special Commissioner to revise the accounting period of an extended time limit assessment . |
| 18 | And to my annoyance was added the realization that perhaps he had not been such a bad interrogator after all . |
| 19 | Immediately she thought guiltily that if Betty had not been such a nice girl she would now remark acidly that a weasel had got it . |
| 20 | There had not been such severe storms in southern England for hundreds of years , and the structure of woodlands had not been so regularly modified by gales as in the more stormy north of Britain . |
| 21 | It had not been such a dull night after all , she mused , hoped Travis 's head would n't be too sore in the morning , then found that , whatever diversions might occur , once the excitement was over she was back to worrying about the wretched mortgage . |
| 22 | Wark , who had not been shy of venturing upfield for corners and free-kicks , struck the penalty cleanly enough , but against the crossbar . |
| 23 | The war had not been necessary at all , and could have been prevented . |
| 24 | Before phylloxera , it had not been necessary to prune and train , although vine training systems were widely practised — after phylloxera it became essential . |
| 25 | In the first annual report of the medical superintendent it was reported that it had not been necessary to use the padded cell on any occasion , despite the fact that many patients had been admitted handcuffed , leg iron locked or bound with cords and chains . |
| 26 | It had seemed right and touching that verbal arrangements had not been necessary ; but now I could n't help wishing we had spoken about it , and he had said , " Dearest , it shall be the climax of our wonderful holiday , and when I come home … " |
| 27 | Such oblations to the darkness of the early evenings had not been necessary in previous years when , whatever the season , bright hour and night hour had been dedicated to the service of his flock there were Masses to be said , sick to be visited , meetings to be chaired , burial services to be conducted , bereaved to be comforted . |
| 28 | It had not been necessary for him to be there . |
| 29 | The development officer said she felt the project had been unable to help much , because of the attitude of the relatives ; the principal carer had not been relieved in any way , and therefore her preference for institutional care ( without the ability to make it happen ) remained . |
| 30 | Perhaps all of them , Rose had not been specific , or Gabriel had not heard the details . |