Example sentences of "was [not/n't] [adj] [prep] this " in BNC.
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| 1 | Someone who did not know about the Müller-Lyer illusion being an illusion might well say , ‘ AB is shorter than BC ’ ( if the appearance was not misleading in this way we would not call it an ‘ illusion ’ ) . |
| 2 | Sheriff Richard Scott told Alasdair Paton , 22 , a graphics student , of Seaview Terrace , Portobello , that conviction on such a charge would normally merit a prison sentence , but it was not appropriate in this case . |
| 3 | As I was not pleased with this , and indeed a little sorrowful that my brother should take pleasure in another 's company , I went to bed early and lay listening to the West Wind howling round the turrets and after a while fell into an uneasy slumber . |
| 4 | I was not pleased with this interview , and thought it was strange that the news of my expectations had not made me happier . |
| 5 | In this case , Savory alleged that the doctrine of constructive notice was not relevant to this type of commercial transaction and on the facts it would not be regarded as having known that the £13.5m was trust money belonging to Eagle . |
| 6 | I thought about this for a long time and slowly I realized that I was not extraordinary in this . |
| 7 | Mr Clancy was not impressed by this scientific distraction , and said so . |
| 8 | At the time of going to press , funding information was not available on this . |
| 9 | Coleridge was no infidel , but his imagination was not immune from this contagion . |
| 10 | The legal profession was not immune from this trend , particularly in relation to the perceived poor performance and high cost of conveyancing work ( Joseph , 1980 ) . |
| 11 | Perhaps because I knew from an early age that he was not long for this world , I tried to make his time in it as pleasant as possible , and thus ended up treating him far better than most young boys treat their younger brothers . |
| 12 | No , she was not involved in this . |
| 13 | There was not much of this kind of nonsense as far as I could tell by eavesdropping around the room , but there were cries of anguish when the prices of some of the wines were announced . |
| 14 | Alice knew that it was the situation he was examining ; he was not used to this informality , to group-living , but he was giving it his consideration . |
| 15 | Monsieur Saulnier informed me the other day that it was not usual in this part of Normandy to have so many mosquitoes . |
| 16 | I was not central to this drama . |
| 17 | Although this could be seen as evidence that subjective risk was not present for this subject , it could equally be regarded as a self presentational bias on the part of the subject who may have felt that feeling risk would imply dangerous driving . |
| 18 | Alexander , always a connoisseur of garments , realised that Frederica had changed her style , that the clothes the young creatures were wearing could be described as a parody of the clothes Frederica had worn at their age , and that Frederica 's new style was not unrelated to this shift . |
| 19 | We are all happy a strike was not necessary on this our first day of independence . ’ |
| 20 | To satisfy the demands of the local authority 's building inspector , who was not happy with this lack of fire compartmentation in a single-staircase building incorporating many levels , these sliding doors were tensioned against counterweights so that in the event of a fire , fusible links in the cables restraining the counterweights would melt , causing the weights to drop and drawing the doors closed . |
| 21 | After being rescued , Troy had decided to stay on the ship and work as a sailor , but he was not happy with this travelling life , and finally returned to England . |
| 22 | ‘ I was not happy with this , but I went along with it because I had enjoyed playing under Ossie at Swindon . |
| 23 | She was not happy about this . |
| 24 | Such an omission was not peculiar to this particular school , I realise , nor is it peculiar to schools of its particular type . |
| 25 | That was not acceptable to this country . |
| 26 | The children were then to be given clues to help them solve the mysteries and they were to tell the Pink Panther ( who was not privy to this information ) who had committed which crime . |
| 27 | Franz Brentano was not satisfied with this answer . |
| 28 | Sandison was not surprised by this but he was at a loss as to how to proceed . |
| 29 | But she was not comfortable about this . |
| 30 | The captain 's action in The Oropesa was not voluntary in this sense . |