Example sentences of "[coord] she [was/were] not " in BNC.
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| 1 | The applicant had to sign agreement to a statement that confirmed he or she was not less than eighteen years of age , and they understood that the bank reserved the right to decline the application without being required to state any reason , and that no correspondence would be entered into in those circumstances . |
| 2 | From the adult position it will be clear that he or she was not in fact guilty of anything but that someone in a position of strength and power was taking advantage of his or her vulnerability mentally as well as physically . |
| 3 | It is that a person who takes another 's car ‘ can escape liability to tougher sentences only if he or she can show , on the balance of probabilities , that either the aggravating event occurred before he or she committed [ the basic s. 12 offence ] , or that he or she was not present at the relevant time . ’ |
| 4 | Either the Director was empowered not only to pose questions but to compel an answer , or she was not . |
| 5 | An accident may happen — such as when a sufferer form alcoholism takes a sip of a drink that he or she was not aware contained alcohol — and this would not even be termed as a sip . |
| 6 | But for the average home-owner to find good taste cheaply , displayed informally , and feel certain that he or she was not making a mistake because it was already arranged and coordinated , was quite new to Parisians . |
| 7 | A child was classified as being temporarily absent if he or she was not in the compound when visited at least three times during a week . |
| 8 | ‘ He means , ’ said Rita , slowly , in her loud classroom voice , ‘ anyone could walk in as long as he or she were not carrying a package that did look suspicious . ’ |
| 9 | And she was not strong enough to stop what was going to happen . |
| 10 | It hurt enough to frighten her and she was not a woman easily frightened . |
| 11 | Elisabeth already felt herself rebuked in the presence of Fru Møller and the Colonel — over matters beyond her control — and she was not going to add to that burden of disapproval if she could avoid it ; not again . |
| 12 | Only Nina 's friend , Anne , stayed out of the game , and she was not doing anything to stop it . |
| 13 | The lady of the house loved to be called by her Christian name , Martha , and she was not without traits in her character we are prone to associate with the name . |
| 14 | Something was wrong she knew though she could not have said what it was and she was not in the least surprised when he made some excuse about being a bit busy next week and unable to see her . |
| 15 | He would curse when he heard the message , even though tomorrow the string would be doing road work and she was not needed . |
| 16 | Hardly anyone came near her and she was not told what was to happen . |
| 17 | Mara never talks about Diana and she was not about to make an exception yesterday . |
| 18 | ‘ There were a lot of decisions made on the mainland — and she was not someone to be sat on . ’ |
| 19 | Jane , because she was a mistress , rarely had an opportunity to attend the more elegant events of society , and she was not going to miss this chance of being seen at a duchess 's ball . |
| 20 | She admitted it but that was , she had drunk more than her share , that was , it was not to be taken seriously , there were , she could n't even remember saying it , it could have been him , he was drunk was n't he , misunderstanding or even making it up , after all he had done it , not her , he had taken the boy to London , she was asleep , did n't even hear them go , he had taken the boy and left him there , OK , lost him there , easy to do in London but better find him or all hell would break loose and she was not going to carry the can , not for anybody . |
| 21 | Cecilia would have been very surprised indeed if she had been wearing anything but jeans and a sweater or T-shirt , and she was not . |
| 22 | She had never had this happen to her before , and she was not expert , in this area , in the art of procrastination , and in no time at all he had managed to slip his hand inside the stocking top of her offside leg . |
| 23 | He was breathing heavily , and she was not herself unmoved . |
| 24 | She liked to be good at things , and she was not good at dancing . |
| 25 | But their blood was racing , they were inspired , and she was not surprised that Jasper panted , " Let's chance it … |
| 26 | Jane Austen is less descriptive than either the Gothic novelists or Scott , for although her letters are full of domestic detail and she enjoins her sister , Cassandra , to omit nothing in her account of a house — ‘ For one 's own dear self , one ascertains & remembers everything ’ — novels are not written for ‘ one 's own dear self ’ , and she was not one to inflict what she did not enjoy — ‘ your descriptions are often more minute than will be liked ’ , she warns her niece , Anna Austen , an aspiring writer . |
| 27 | If it had a secret she would do her best to discover it and she was not going to miss the trail across the Mountains of the Moon to what was undoubtedly the greatest small picture in the world . |
| 28 | She was not a party to the proceedings and she was not represented before the court . |
| 29 | It was perhaps part of his general attempt to calm her fears , but it is a potent indication that there was an underlying fear and she was not properly informed that no alternative was available . |
| 30 | From Mary she required nothing but her presence and she was not at all interested in any talk of village gavottes . |