Example sentences of "was [not/n't] in a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 But last night Taylor said : ‘ Our case was that the video showed evidence of contact between the players and that the referee was not in a good position to judge . ’
2 Herr Hess , it seemed to Edward , was not in a good state .
3 I grinned and seized her , but she was not in a playful mood .
4 It quoted a hospital official at the Jackson Memorial Hospital as saying that the former first lady was not in a life-threatening condition .
5 The court heard that Timothy Hardwick , a severely disabled 11-year-old Allitt is alleged to have murdered , was not in a life-threatening condition an hour before he suffered a fatal heart attack .
6 ‘ He was not in a life-threatening condition and I was happy with him . ’
7 Laura was not in a great hurry to find a new designer if only because it was dawning on her that the company needed more of a skilled copier than an original artist .
8 It was not in a national newspaper .
9 What if the plaintiff in this case had been a tradesperson ( i.e a lawful visitor to the premises , but one who was not in a contractual relationship with the hotel ) who was injured whilst trying to escape from the fire ?
10 He was not in a French whorehouse now with his paratrooper mates .
11 However , Master Benjamin was not in a talkative mood .
12 If he could say that , for all his suffering , he was n't in a dying frame of mind .
13 She was n't in a fit state to be on her own .
14 That she was n't in a powerless position .
15 The barman , sensing Whitlock was n't in a talkative mood , left him alone .
16 The hedge was moving past quite gently , as if it was n't in a particular hurry to get anywhere , but the surface of the lane already had a blurred look .
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