Example sentences of "[coord] it [was/were] not [adj] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | He would miss her when she 'd gone , certainly , and it was not impossible that he might be driven to drink away his grief , resulting in one of his rare fits of violent temper . |
| 2 | Tommy Allen was married now and it was not unnatural that he should have a conversation with Carrie , but the nagging feeling would not go away . |
| 3 | And it was n't self-pity that kept her tossing and turning till dawn … |
| 4 | Diane Rohmer had been an unspectacular student , chugging through the system along a safe , marked trail , and it was n't surprising that she 'd gone into research . |
| 5 | She did n't want any more to eat herself , and it was n't fair that the Lennoxes were kept from what remained of their dinner . |