Example sentences of "[noun prp] was not [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But , ’ Ranulf interrupted , ‘ if the Lady Eleanor was not murdered by any of the good sisters … if she was not murdered by Gaveston , if no one stole across the priory walls , what did happen ? ’ |
| 2 | He felt sure Ari was not convinced by such blatant lies . |
| 3 | The policy agreed by the UK and US Governments at the beginning of May was not based on any detailed consideration of these distinctions . |
| 4 | Two principal ( albeit contradictory ) difficulties arose : the belief of the governments of some member states ( including the UK ) that any such procedure should be voluntary , and the fact that Vredeling was not limited to collective representation of employees through trade unions . |
| 5 | To his chagrin , Jane was not appointed to any official position during World War I , and had to be content with privately supporting naval recruiting and propaganda . |
| 6 | Public transport in Caracas was not affected after 35,000 subway conductors and public bus drivers voted not to join the strike . |
| 7 | In 1864 the ‘ Kington and Eardisley ( extension to Presteign ) Act ’ was passed , ( i.e. this line was planned before the PCBCR ) but as mentioned above , Presteigne was not reached until 1875 . |
| 8 | Jackson was not re-elected in 1874 . |
| 9 | Ken Gillance , defending , said Lamont was not connected with vice but Welsh told him the previous day she had almost been run down by one of Roth 's friends . |
| 10 | Route 16/18 , Embankment — Croydon — Purley was not affected by any of the changes going on . |
| 11 | ERCP was not performed in these patients . |
| 12 | Sir Ralph was not murdered by any peasant . ’ |
| 13 | Montgomery was n't fooled at all . |
| 14 | From long experience , Belinda 's younger brothers would have known in an instant by the crisp , deceptively mild tone that she was no longer fooling around , but unfortunately Greg Carey was n't possessed of this experience , so he said on a thick , purring note , ‘ Because you need to loosen up , get rid of some inhibitions . |
| 15 | Faced with opposition from his own forces , Franco was not guided by ideological principles nor personal loyalty , but purely and simply by whatever would keep him in power . |
| 16 | But that was n't enough for Paul ; he knew that God was n't limited to human speech and a human mind . |
| 17 | An afterthought , but one which may be taken as a portent of the future , was that Marks was not deterred by this initial failure . |
| 18 | Bob was not sweating at all . |
| 19 | ROSANNE was n't over-enamoured with this little lot when she 'd finished it , considering it too sugary and poppy , but it stands up as her finest album to date . |
| 20 | Legislation to control baby farms in Britain was not introduced until 1872 . |
| 21 | Yanto Gates was not given to quick decisions or mad impulses , but the girl in reality matched his dreams of her so perfectly that he had to take it as a sign . |
| 22 | Marguerite looked shocked , her eyes turning to Alain for some sort of confirmation , but Jenna was not waiting at all . |
| 23 | His early opposition to the war against Iraq was not sustained in public . |
| 24 | PW was not informed until 3 July and immediately expressed its strong opposition to the plan when a rescue was so close to being finalised . |
| 25 | Alan Parker was n't nourished in this country . |
| 26 | Well , it turned out that Rosa was n't sold at all . |
| 27 | Gordon Cooke reluctantly accepted the change but only on the understanding that the DUP was not committed to encouraging local option votes . |
| 28 | Northern Sakhalin was not evacuated until 1925 , when a series of sticky negotiations between Japan and various Soviet authorities eventually culminated in recognition of the USSR and the restoration of diplomatic relations . |
| 29 | Because bonfires were banned during the war , Hitle was n't burnt until 1945 when he was already dead . |
| 30 | ‘ Jock ’ Hilton Barber was not flying on this date , and saw what happened from the ground : ‘ I was swimming when a battle started overhead . |