Example sentences of "not [vb pp] [verb] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | He is not said to have been holy , and looks like a successful career churchman , often occupied with the king 's business , and willing to contravene church law by practising pluralism . |
| 2 | Police said cause had not been established but there were not thought to have been suspicious circumstances . |
| 3 | She is not known to have been involved in any way . |
| 4 | Its only concern has been to ensure that he really does so act , by the general rule which excludes from evidence any confession which is not proved to have been voluntary . |
| 5 | All the things he was not allowed to do were exciting . |