Example sentences of "was n't [verb] [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It sure as hell was n't intended to be policeman-friendly . |
| 2 | I mean that big red thing , that was n't meant to be ordinary clothes , was it ? ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I hope that was n't meant to be facetious , Bodie . ’ |
| 4 | No , not at all , it was n't meant to be humiliating . |
| 5 | ‘ It was n't meant to be mad . |
| 6 | She was n't meant to be happy , she was meant to be with me . |
| 7 | ‘ She 's on the front line , ’ he said and it was n't meant to be enigmatic . |
| 8 | ‘ I was n't meaning to be rude when I said you had n't changed . ’ |
| 9 | Angela asked us for some help with her wedding day look , she had been growing her old hairstyle out but realised it was n't going to be long enough for her wedding day in September . |
| 10 | Feeling decidedly uncomfortable at the older woman 's frosty manner , Rachel reluctantly followed her into the sitting-room hoping that David was n't going to be long . |
| 11 | Dodging the press was n't going to be easy and Kenneth and I did n't leave the theatre until 1.30 a.m. when the all-clear was given by the wonderfully protective theatre staff . |
| 12 | I knew it was n't going to be easy , as it was so very much his world , but I realized I must do it soon , because the longer I delayed , the longer I felt I would go on doing so — like facing up to the ashes . |
| 13 | It was up to her to try and work out a plan of escape , but without expert help that was n't going to be easy . |
| 14 | It was n't going to be easy . |
| 15 | It was n't going to be easy . |
| 16 | He knew that it was n't going to be easy . |
| 17 | Raising the cash was n't going to be easy . |
| 18 | She met his determined gaze and knew that avoiding him was n't going to be easy . |
| 19 | Well , she 'd known it was n't going to be easy . |
| 20 | It was n't going to be easy , arguing with someone from her inferior position , but she 'd be damned if she 'd let him speak to her like that ! |
| 21 | It was n't going to be easy . |
| 22 | It was n't going to be easy . |
| 23 | After the first week I came to the reluctant conclusion that Charlie Trumper was n't going to be pleased that I had sacrificed ten pounds of our money — six of his and four of mine — just to appease my female vanity . |
| 24 | it was n't going to be appropriate |
| 25 | ‘ You 're a shepherd of men , ’ said Betty , and Lydia hoped she was n't going to be roguish . |
| 26 | up until then I still was n't too worried , but I think then it started to dawn on me that this was n't going to be much fun and I felt a bit scared . |
| 27 | I was n't going to be greedy . |
| 28 | It decided me that I was n't going to be good enough to make the grade . |
| 29 | The ensuing conversation was unintelligible to Gina but it was very noticeable that her abrasive host never removed his gaze from her expectant face , as if he still harboured doubts about her purpose there , and , if his deepening frown was anything to judge from , the news was n't going to be good . |
| 30 | She had enough money with her and the chocolate was n't going to be expensive , but chocolate was not what her money — Peter 's money , their money — was for . |