Example sentences of "she [adv] [be] [not/n't] [vb pp] " in BNC.

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1 She just was n't cut out for this sort of thing !
2 She just was n't equipped to deal with this kind of cold war .
3 His voice was soft , silky , which she supposed was a warning , but she still was n't prepared for the speed with which he moved her top aside .
4 Jenny , as I had already worked out , was a woman of some means and she clearly was n't bothered by the fact she was having to subsidize me .
5 Apart from the fact that I 've never known her dig up a weed or pick a single daffodil , she simply is n't cut out for that kind of work . ’
6 She simply was n't destined to get any rest , so she might as well do something useful with the empty hours .
7 She was not miserable ; she certainly was not coerced into her life style ( quite the contrary , her family made considerable effort to dissuade her , and even the Church authorities of her time were not encouraging ) ; she was not psychopathic , in the sense that she did not inflict sufferings on other people ; she was the recipient of quite remarkable consolations , including that highest of all delights , the conviction of the ‘ mystical marriage ’ , in which Christ takes the soul directly as his spouse , and a loving one at that .
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