Example sentences of "[was/were] [not/n't] [adv] [adj] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were not very good at the , he had forgotten all the best bits . |
| 2 | But , despite restructuring , things were n't so rosy at the manufacturing division . |
| 3 | June 's parents were n't too pleased at the marriage at first , but they accept it now , as the couple seem so suited . ’ |
| 4 | I was not altogether unhappy at the Publicity Printers during those early pioneer days . |
| 5 | Ted was not altogether happy at the prospect of explaining to her how he came to be covered with mud down the front of his suit . |
| 6 | He expressed the opinion that she was not fully compos mentis ; that she was not fully rational in making an assessment of her medical condition being unaware how critical her condition was ; and that she was not fully rational at the time of signing the refusal . |
| 7 | Imran , 39 , said he was not very optimistic at the moment because the injury ‘ has not improved at all since I played the World Cup final ’ . |
| 8 | This male — female difference in mortality was not very marked at the start of the century but has now emerged strongly . |
| 9 | At Amsterdam he talked out of a vast tradition which otherwise was not very articulate at the meeting . |
| 10 | She was not too pleased at the thought of being mistaken for a reporter from the tabloid press . |
| 11 | you know , if they want the first day , then there gon na have to do another lot so what 's the point of sort of yourself out with fucking , I was n't really sure at the time that I wanted to go to so , you know , I , I said no I needed this job , but probably a bad I 've been offered a couple of month one 's as well , one month and two month 's , but I mean the trouble is |
| 12 | Maxim wondered why he was n't more shocked at the instinctive distrust implied by that decision , and sighed as he realised it was because he 'd been nearly six months in the atmosphere of Whitehall . |
| 13 | I mean I did go to Denman , but I was n't very well at the time and I did n't get round the house so I would like to go myself . |
| 14 | I was n't fully aware at the time of just what profound personal changes were taking place in the lives of some of the members . |