Example sentences of "was [not/n't] [verb] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Set in a ‘ green and silent spot , amid the hills ’ , it was not intended for the Lyrical Ballads , but was a political meditation inspired by fears of a French invasion . |
2 | But Robin-Anne did not react , and I looked down to see that she was not watching for the new day , but was crying . |
3 | But I was not prepared for the raking over of academic arguments on defining poverty around when John Moore , then Secretary of State for Social Services , said poverty no longer existed . |
4 | The ANDF installer for Sparc produced by Praxis Systems Plc ( UX No 389 ) , was not done for the Open Software Foundation but for the DRA , which owns it . |
5 | Oliver wondered why Angelina was not clamouring for a new vote in order to support her fiancé and decided that this was some further infamous plan on her part . |
6 | That was the fate of the worker on the Anglo American farm estate Vergelegen , dismissed for asking his employers why he was not paid for a public holiday . |
7 | I did n't know what I expected ( chanting and rune casting , perhaps ) , but I was n't prepared for the tingling sensation affecting the areas of my body immediately underneath her small hands . |