Example sentences of "[was/were] not [adv] in a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The table also makes it clear that older publications were not necessarily in a significantly greater state of disrepair than more recent items . |
| 2 | because their husbands have made these settlements , often at very emotional times when the women were not really in a position to really make sure they |
| 3 | " You were n't always in a gym tunic . |
| 4 | But the war was not over in a matter of weeks , and the Italian conscripts had neither the training nor the equipment to fight a winter campaign in Russia . |
| 5 | With cinema admissions expanding rapidly , Rank was not only in a buoyant financial condition , but also in a strong position to negotiate a deal , which would secure his films a fair return from the US market , with major American companies increasingly concerned to protect their UK earnings . |
| 6 | True , Alfred was not now in a position to contradict her , but why should she lie ? |
| 7 | He was not now in a tight black jacket , with silver trimmings on black trousers . |
| 8 | Jane also felt she was not really in a position to refuse : ‘ I was missing the fifth years , which meant I had lots of ‘ free time ’ , so I was in a position where really I could n't refuse to do it . ’ |
| 9 | Erm and therefore the , the , the peasant was n't yet in a position where , my God this is not another land ran land reform |
| 10 | It was n't even in a fridge or nothing — it was just pressed up against the window to keep it cold . |
| 11 | But then she was n't normally in a swimming-pool , in the heart of the sub-tropical Caribbean . |
| 12 | He would pray for Timothy Gedge and feel that prayer was n't enough in a chancy world . |
| 13 | Cusack scored on his debut , but it was n't enough in a 4–2 defeat at Swansea , and Quakers remained in an all too familiar third from bottom . |
| 14 | I told him he was n't really in a position to look after the dog properly , and he finally agreed . |
| 15 | I 'm sorry about being in a mood Saturday but I was n't really in a mood with you . |
| 16 | I 'm sorry about being in a mood on Saturday but I was n't really in a mood with you . |