Example sentences of "she was not [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But this afternoon she was n't looking for spare rides . |
| 2 | She was n't fazed by this . |
| 3 | One thing was certain — she was n't staying in this building one instant longer than she had to . |
| 4 | Sadly she was n't blessed with good health — in fact , neither was Mr Addison — and they had no children . |
| 5 | well God help her she could n't er , at the end , she could n't eat at all and we were forcing her to eat and she was n't eating at all . |
| 6 | More likely than not , she was n't thinking at all . |
| 7 | She was n't thinking at all ; hands preoccupied with textures , grainy soil and rough brick , smooth stone , slimy wetness of the odd slug or worm . |
| 8 | In fact , as she clung to him while they shared another kiss , and then another , she was n't thinking at all . |
| 9 | ‘ She was n't born for most of it , ’ I interrupted , putting an arm round her and drawing her away . |
| 10 | She was n't chatting to other people in the queue . |
| 11 | The family of a woman who died from cancer are claiming that she was n't fed for four days while she was in hospital . |
| 12 | Noticing the way the young woman 's eyes had glazed over with undisguised longing , while he appeared faintly bored with the proceedings , Shannon had mentally given thanks for the fact that she was n't drawn to gorgeous , self-centred hunks like this one . |
| 13 | She hoped she was n't turning into one of those maniacs who murder people in order to establish their superiority over their fellows who say Please and Thank you and conform to the basic customs of society . |
| 14 | She was n't smiling after all . |
| 15 | Er so she was she was n't bothered at all about your er |
| 16 | And so erm , it was n't as though these children ran across an open zebra crossing and she could see the children travelling er , walking or running all the way across the er er er er the pedestrian crossing the two children one was estimated by her to be about six years old , and the one who was actually knocked down was estimated by her to be about er , nine years old and she was n't travelling at any significant speed at all , she was travelling slowly because of the amount of traffic and she says that er the first she saw them was erm , appearing from the behind a car and dashing across the front of her car , and in fact , it was only the the the one who ran first the the older of the two children that she actually hit , she hit hit her with the near side front of er of her vehicle . |
| 17 | She was n't acquainted with this end of the town , never having had any need to visit a hospital . |
| 18 | That was exactly where things had gone awry last night , and she was n't falling into that trap again . |
| 19 | And after the curtain call , when he was going upstairs to the extras ' dressing-room and had bumped into Mr Potter — she was n't talking at second-hand but had actually witnessed the scene — far from showing remorse he had confronted him as though he was going to head-butt him for the second time . |
| 20 | She was n't allowed in crowded places where there might be germs . |
| 21 | She was n't used to such handsome men paying her attention . |
| 22 | She was n't used to that either . |
| 23 | He must be made to realise that she was speaking up for Kirsty 's sake , that she was not motivated by personal spite . |
| 24 | Because she was not moving at all , she developed a weeping wound in her leg one day , and the circulation collapsed to the extent that she nearly had to have the leg amputated . |
| 25 | When five o'clock came and Jimmy began to tidy his desk , she was not thinking at all kindly about her employer . |
| 26 | Rory told Jessica about his girlfriend Rosie , not a great deal but nothing too disloyal , while she for her part realised after some moments that she was not listening with more than half an ear , but wondering what she should tell him about Parr . |
| 27 | She knew she was not mistaken about that . |
| 28 | She was not found for 16 hours . |
| 29 | So she was not feeling at all friendly to Naylor when , shortly after breakfast , they left Parkwood . |
| 30 | Now she was not orientated at all and for all she knew she could have been going round in circles . |