Example sentences of "he was not [verb] by [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If his mother 's ambition for him was not discouraged by any of the family , neither had it occasioned much more than a passing interest . |
| 2 | I did n't think it likely that John would be killed — after all , he was n't held by Islamic Jihad — but I felt the tension all the same . |
| 3 | The post mortem now states quite categorically that he was not killed by any sort of missile ( the open window must have been a red herring ) . |
| 4 | It was later written that he was ‘ … right glad to be translated from Bristol to Exeter for , while the former See was poor , the latter was better endowed and he was not withheld by any scruples from begging for promotion ’ . |
| 5 | But he was not moved by such feelings to sympathize with the rebels and the subversive . |
| 6 | But of course he was not inconvenienced by any feelings beyond passion , and was n't lust something that could be quite easily forgotten ? |
| 7 | As a priest and bishop he was not marked by revolutionary fervour — on the contrary , he was deeply conservative and disapproved of ‘ political ’ priests . |
| 8 | This was occupied by a junior cleric of Sigmar who accompanied one of the nobles attending the infamous Poison Feast of 1907 ; unlike his master , he was not deceived by Constant Drachenfels and he undertook rituals to purify this chamber and dedicate it to Sigmar . |
| 9 | Fitzosbert , however , had already dismissed him with a flicker of his eyes and was staring coolly at Sir John as if to prove he was not cowed by any show of authority . |