Example sentences of "was not a happy " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was not a happy saga . |
| 2 | His debut in the disastrous series in Australia was not a happy one , but things improved at home to India and then he really came into his own against England , finishing with 28 wickets at under 13 . |
| 3 | The next phase of Dickinson 's career was not a happy one . |
| 4 | I had the impression , though , that he was not a happy man . |
| 5 | It was not a happy journey to the car and I sat silently and unhappily in the back as we drove away , despite my friends ' jolly attempts to think up song titles with the word ‘ flask ’ in them . |
| 6 | It was not a happy thought . |
| 7 | He was not a happy man , and the stern set of his jaw , and the way he hardly ever looked at his two operatives , made Ray Doyle realise that the fat was really in the fire this time . |
| 8 | However , her private life was not a happy one and her early marriage ended in annulment . |
| 9 | My first visit to Glen Shiel , however , was not a happy one . |
| 10 | The liaison was not a happy one however . |
| 11 | Tora ! filming was not a happy one , as the film crew obliterated the old paint on the airframe and ground-looped a gear leg off during the filming . |
| 12 | However , as James Gibson 's chapter in the present collection makes clear , Russia 's overseas colonial experience in the Americas was not a happy or successful one . |
| 13 | Unsurprisingly , Zeng 's childhood was not a happy one , and he played truant from his persecutors as often as he could . |
| 14 | Sean was the first man who ever made love to her , and Ruth had thought she loved him too , but it was not a happy marriage and when Sean was killed in France , just before the Armistice was signed , she realised that she had been denying her true feelings for years . |
| 15 | But it was not a happy smile . |
| 16 | Overall he was not a happy man : ‘ There did not appear to be much Christmas spirit about this year . |
| 17 | Louisa felt a little helpless before his diffident manner , and she was surprised when Emilia insisted that she remain in the room throughout Frere 's third visit ; surprised and discomfited , for it was not a happy interview . |
| 18 | He was not a happy man . |
| 19 | The meeting was not a happy one . |
| 20 | The morning I woke up and realised that perhaps the reason I resented young Tulloch s much was because I too was an observer of human beings and that this most likely derived from an equal failure to establish satisfactory human relationships , was not a happy one . |
| 21 | Dinner that evening was not a happy affair . |
| 22 | But it was not a happy resolution for either party . |
| 23 | ‘ To tell the truth , it was not a happy marriage . ’ |
| 24 | hmm — and the trip back to london after the geordie game was not a happy one — trains arriving a couple of hours late from scotland due to snow or whatever … |
| 25 | He was not a happy child , appearing uneasy , cautious and of a rather secretive nature . |
| 26 | He was not a happy man , no , it was a great shot . |
| 27 | It was n't a happy experience . |
| 28 | Obviously , I had a very deep sense of pain and loneliness — that was n't a happy person . |
| 29 | It really was n't a happy day . |
| 30 | ‘ He was n't a happy boy . |