Example sentences of "was [not/n't] [adv] [adj] [to-vb] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 Even at the time when Dalby was taken to represent the law , it was not quite true to say that the act had to be directed at the victim , since the doctrine of transferred malice applies .
2 He was not currently ready to commit that the release after System V.4 ES/MP would be a microkernel-based one .
3 It was not too far to jump and I know every inch of the lake .
4 I used to tell trainees that it was their first aptitude test to see if they could make it over Stamford Street ! ’ was not too upset to find that she will have to devise a new aptitude test from the summer .
5 It was not therefore necessary to ask whether or not the conduct was justifiable or otherwise .
6 She got the distinct impression that Melissa was n't best pleased to find that Luke had company .
7 There began , too , to be a criss-cross of tracks and it was n't always easy to tell if they were the paths of animals or men .
8 So it was things that was n't too heavy to carry but things that was always needed in a house and that you could run out of .
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