Example sentences of "she [was/were] not [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The man looked dangerous , and with just the two of them in this house , with no one around within screaming distance , she was n't taking any chances . |
| 2 | She was so preoccupied with what had happened that she was n't taking any notice of anything as she opened the door and went into her room . |
| 3 | Her tone was one of friendly and candid interest , but she was n't getting many bites , either . |
| 4 | ‘ Rosie was still unable to latch on to the breast properly , and I was quite sure she was n't getting enough milk . ’ |
| 5 | She was n't risking that kind of insanity a second time . |
| 6 | Ivy was the first to reach her walls , unlike little Virginia she was n't having any nonsense from the proud house . |
| 7 | ‘ She was n't showing much dress sense last night , ’ he said over his shoulder to me . |
| 8 | ‘ Your steak 's all right ? ’ he enquired courteously , when at one point he observed that she was n't making much headway with it . |
| 9 | She was n't making any sense . |
| 10 | She was n't making any sense . |
| 11 | Wood experienced the feeling first hand , and judging by the way she crushed the Indonesian No. 2 , Suzanna Kusuma , in the opening match yesterday , she was not taking any chances . |
| 12 | She was not taking any drugs . |
| 13 | Later , at least for many years , she was not to see this time as part of her life , and perhaps therefore it need not now be told at length . |
| 14 | He knew that she was not making much headway with finding the nonce , but in fairness neither was he . |
| 15 | With cool detachment he had explained clearly and in terms that were easy for her to grasp how the various items of equipment worked , only lapsing into irritation or sarcasm when he thought she was not making enough effort . |
| 16 | She was not laughing ten minutes later when , just as she had sent Jimmy on an errand , the phone rang and she answered it . |