Example sentences of "[vb past] not [be] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a lesson at school I should have loved if it had not been for poor Lucy . |
| 2 | And equally clearly , concealed in the base of the box , it had not been for public view . |
| 3 | Alice hoped it was not on account of Jasper though , clearly , to make that emotional speech had not been to clever . |
| 4 | Further research revealed that in 1414/15 an Andrew Forshey had been chosen as one of two men to represent the borough in parliament , and it seemed sensible to hazard that a man of this standing would have held property in the area , for he would have been unlikely to have been elected by his fellow bailiffs , with the assent of the whole community , if he had not been of substantial material worth . |
| 5 | The first defendant appealed on the grounds , inter alia , that ( 1 ) the deputy judge had been wrong in law in holding that for the substituted section 9 ( b ) of the Wills Act 1837 to be satisfied the testator had to make his signature after making the dispositive provisions ; and ( 2 ) there was no sufficient evidence upon which the deputy judge could have found that the testator had not been of testamentary capacity at the time he had made and signed the alleged codicil on 18 April 1986 . |
| 6 | Lane had been assisted by a woman police officer , Detective -Sergeant Phyllis Henley , a thickset girl , whom he had called in because she was an old friend or enemy of Roxie whose own life had not been without criminal excitements . |
| 7 | Football specials still arrive at Wadsley Bridge although the station had not been in normal use since 1959 . |
| 8 | He found her attractive ; all her efforts had not been in vain , there was no mistaking the sensuous gleam in his eyes , the predatory twist of his smile that told Robyn exactly how he 'd like the evening to end . |
| 9 | He told Mrs Edwards her son had given his life in the service of humanity and his sacrifice had not been in vain . |
| 10 | Harry had not been in good shape in Jo 's memory . |
| 11 | ‘ My parents and I had n't been on good terms for some time . |