Example sentences of "was [not/n't] [verb] for the [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 | Payment of income support is related to pension payment days , and she was not remunerated for the first five days of the elderly person 's occupation . |
| 6 | 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 . |