Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] not be [adj] for " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | She had a small collection of recipes which had not been suitable for the Mediterranean book and these now became French Country Cooking , published in 1951 . |
| 2 | They were in Bill 's roomy Mercedes , and Bill would follow later in Tom 's own sports car , which had not been practical for transporting Faye in complete comfort . |
| 3 | Mrs Margaret Jones : ‘ David arrived home carrying the statuette that he 'd won at the song contest that he 'd been to with Ken Pitt and dashed straight upstairs to see his father who had n't been well for a number of days . |
| 4 | Creation was a really small label at that time and they had n't been successful for about two years , so there just was n't the money . |
| 5 | But then they had n't been alone for any time before . |
| 6 | It had not been necessary for him to be there . |
| 7 | Raynor paused , looking down into the half-closed eyes , and saw Grainne smile , and saw , as well , that despite her apparent tranquillity , she had been nervous , and that it had not been easy for her to come to his room . |
| 8 | It had not been easy for him to gain readmission . |
| 9 | If they had been advised as to the necessity for clear offers in writing with terms set out from the bank , their case is that they would have taken that advice , they would have waited for the bank offer and if and when it had not been suitable for them they would not have exchanged and their case is also that er once things had gone er very badly wrong and they wanted to get out of the contract if they had been advised as to the way out er then er they would have been er of that , they would have served notice and they would have got out of the contract . |
| 10 | It had not been reasonable for the Royal Mail to use their dismissals as an example of enforcement of the new rules . |
| 11 | In the early years of the " new diplomacy " in the fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries it had not been unusual for a diplomat who died in post to be immediately succeeded by a relative , often a close one , who had been attached to his mission with this possibility in mind . |
| 12 | She took a step backwards , and suddenly he realized that it had n't been easy for her to come here . |
| 13 | It had n't been difficult for Bill to accede to his wife 's nagging to give the girl a break . |
| 14 | He had n't been dead for very long — my earlier estimate of around six hours will be somewhere near the mark . |