Example sentences of "was [adj] [pers pn] [verb] not [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When she knew she was pregnant she did not tell him , she kept it secret . |
| 2 | Talking to Glenn before his contest with Averil Marshall it was clear he did not like losing . |
| 3 | But there was much he did not own . |
| 4 | There was much he did not know . |
| 5 | In this case it was fortunate he did not break his neck . |
| 6 | I suppose I was lucky they did not kill me . |
| 7 | When we reached the new target and found gaps in the cloud and bombed , my second pilot just remarked that he was glad we did not bomb Mannheim , and I asked why . |
| 8 | ( An able pupil of mine who became a successful solicitor was glad he did not become a barrister , who in his experience is driven too hard ; the clerk piles too much work on him , he has no one to delegate to , and has virtually no assistance except of a secretarial kind ; also , counsel in general common law practice has much travelling to do . ) |
| 9 | It looked a pleasant enough place in which to spend a period of compulsory leisure and I was glad I did not have to share it with anyone . |
| 10 | All in all I was glad she did not live next door to me . |
| 11 | It was obvious he did not have pockets full of drugs . |
| 12 | I was sure it did not belong to Conchis or old Maria . |
| 13 | But I was sure he did not understand why I had come . |
| 14 | Now he was alone he did not mind committing himself . |
| 15 | It was good to be angry ; when he was angry he did not feel so afraid . |
| 16 | Whatever , it was plain he did not like it . |
| 17 | Sugar said Venables was still empowered to return as a non-executive director , but was adamant he did not want his opponent at the club . |
| 18 | It was probable he did not realize the police had the letter and he might not have guessed the true reason the typewriters had been borrowed . |
| 19 | How far this was true I do not know , but I do know that any suggestion from her to Harold Wilson was likely to receive an affirmative answer . |
| 20 | If Father Branche was surprised he did not show it , but no doubt he was well used to English women in Rome and the kind of things they were likely to do . |