Example sentences of "and she [vb past] [not/n't] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Servants , be obedient to them that are your masters ’ she read in Ephesians 6 — and she had not been obedient . |
| 2 | The official story had always been that Greg was simply a close family friend , but a child could have seen through the pretence and she had not been a child for a very long time , perhaps not since that long-ago night when she was four years old and had stood , unseen , outside a bedroom door … |
| 3 | The crucial evidence was that there was no indication that the manner of Williams ' driving had been unsuited to the road conditions , and she had not been drinking . |
| 4 | She had dared , and she had not been struck dead for it ; she had exposed herself , and she had not been raped , assaulted , or even insulted . |
| 5 | She had dared , and she had not been struck dead for it ; she had exposed herself , and she had not been raped , assaulted , or even insulted . |
| 6 | Perhaps Piers had been no more than a struggling architect when they had first met , and she had not been content to lead a life of poverty . |
| 7 | And she had not been blind either . |
| 8 | And she had not been half asleep and dreaming this time . |
| 9 | But she brought them because it salved her conscience to bring something , and she had not been for two weeks now . |
| 10 | He had hardly ever seen her naked since the first days of their marriage , and she had n't been anxious to show herself even then . |
| 11 | He had n't come out and she had n't been allowed in . |
| 12 | He 'd taken her to church , he 'd taken her to lunch and she had n't been particularly gracious about any of it . |
| 13 | One of my students had been using the machine and she had n't been knitting tuck , so the tuck brushes had been put out of work . |
| 14 | All that time , and she had n't been able to get him to look at her . |
| 15 | She had n't been home and she had n't been able to call in . |
| 16 | Anne had seen her going into my room , and she had n't been able to bear it . |
| 17 | With Julius , though , it had always been so very physical , and she had n't been able to stop herself from responding to that great flood of passion . |
| 18 | Roman had been holding her in his arms and she had n't been fighting — no wonder Dana was furious . |
| 19 | Jennifer 's illness had had its effect on her too ; lately her nerves had been bad and she had n't been sleeping . |
| 20 | And it would be yesterday morning again , and she had n't been up to Hunter Ward and eavesdropped on a conversation . |
| 21 | ‘ When ? ’ she questioned , feeling her palms already starting to itch — and she had n't been in his company five minutes yet ! |
| 22 | But to find her meant giving him the slip , and she had n't been too successful at that the last time . |