Example sentences of "not be a happy " in BNC.
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| 1 | The marriage to Earl Spencer had not been a happy one . |
| 2 | We flew back to Heathrow ; it had not been a happy trip for me , full of niggling and snide remarks . |
| 3 | The fate of the great whales has not been a happy one and in the 1970s scientists and conservationists began to express deep concern over their dwindling numbers . |
| 4 | Her lot had not been a happy one : the husband whom she had only ever seen for a few precious weeks in all since their marriage had now left her a widow , without support and with a child and step-children to fend for . |
| 5 | Nevertheless , it had not been a happy visit . |
| 6 | Its move from Maddox Street to Hanover Square had not been a happy one . |
| 7 | But this race has not been a happy event for him . |
| 8 | A re-occurrence of the ‘ brief chat ’ approach , leaving members to pick up the grammar and the context will not be a happy omen for the new authorities . |