Example sentences of "he [be] not [vb pp] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He is not engaged in some new and unnatural vice . |
| 2 | If Grom is slain he may still try to regenerate wounds suffered , and if successful he is not killed after all . |
| 3 | In considering the development of a conscience in the newborn child , the first thing is to acknowledge that , as far as is known , he is not born with any such facility . |
| 4 | In fact , at common law , it is better for the seller if he is not fixed with actual knowledge of such contracts , since he is then more likely to escape liability for consequential loss suffered by the buyer if the seller 's default prevents the buyer from fulfilling his obligations under those contracts . |
| 5 | He is n't used to this , you know . ’ |
| 6 | But he says he is n't hurt by gay slurs . |
| 7 | He 's had plenty of dealing with your sort — he 's not fooled for one minute and neither am I ! ’ |
| 8 | He 's being ruled from London , and he 's not used to that . |
| 9 | He 's the kind of musician he admires because he 's not confined to one kind of music and is willing to extend people 's perception of that music and that 's what he 'd like to do . |
| 10 | When the wardrobes are moved it could be that they will hide the wall light switch and he 's not bothered about that one little bit ! |
| 11 | But er oh he was n't liked at all . |
| 12 | But no , he was n't killed for that , or it would n't have been still on him . |
| 13 | He was n't used to all this political discussion . |
| 14 | Incidentally , he was n't known as Chief Education Officer , he was Secretary for Education , he only became Chief Education Officer after the war but erm he was the Controller of Shift E and most of the education staff were on Shift E. |
| 15 | It occurred to him that he was n't equipped for such a life , and the edginess sharpened to resentment . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 ) . |
| 18 | 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 ’ . |
| 19 | He was not charged with any crime but on Jan. 14 was detained without bail as a material witness in the BCCI case . |
| 20 | But he was not moved by such feelings to sympathize with the rebels and the subversive . |
| 21 | She realised that he would want an easy uncomplicated life where everything ran smoothly and he was not troubled with domestic difficulties . |
| 22 | The only procedural defect alleged in M. 's appeal is that the committal order was not served on M. personally , or , alternatively , that he was not served until 3 July , nearly a month after he had been committed to prison . |
| 23 | In the records of the first Protectorate Parliament of 1654 Erle appears only on the committee of privileges , presumably because he refused to sign the Recognition , and he was not re-elected in 1656 , although approved at a preliminary gentry meeting . |
| 24 | But of course he was not inconvenienced by any feelings beyond passion , and was n't lust something that could be quite easily forgotten ? |
| 25 | ( 194 ) He was very soon made to understand that he was not wanted in that corner of it where old Lingard and his own weak will placed him … |
| 26 | As a priest and bishop he was not marked by revolutionary fervour — on the contrary , he was deeply conservative and disapproved of ‘ political ’ priests . |
| 27 | Scouse was seated in his armchair reading a paperback — a Western — oblivious to the flies and mosquitoes , and as I approached it was obvious he was not bothered in any way about the smell . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | Feeling some shyness — he was not used to social life , and this looked to be above his station — he used the brass knocker , polished as it was to show one 's face , distorted , as though in a mirror at a fair . |