Example sentences of "[be] not [prep] the mood " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I am not in the mood to play games , ’ she said with false bravado .
2 You 're not in the mood to sleep are you ?
3 Burden looked at him suspiciously , so he said with amused impatience , ‘ I do n't know , Mike , and I 'm not in the mood for this suspense stuff . ’
4 ‘ I 'm not in the mood . ’
5 I have n't got to smoke pot , but I do and I think that 's more security than anything , knowing that you 've got a bit of pot which you can put down and you can say : ‘ Oh , I do n't want none of that today , I 'm not in the mood for it . ’
6 Now come on , Liz , I 'm not in the mood for games . ’
7 " I 'm not in the mood . "
8 I 've put a note on my door saying , ‘ If you 've got problems , please do n't come today because I 'm not in the mood . ’
9 ‘ I 'm not in the mood , Stephen , ’ she said .
10 ‘ I have n't gone mad and I 'm not in the mood for explanations .
11 I 'm not in the mood for it . ’
12 Do n't make any fuss — I 'm not in the mood . ’
13 I 'm not in the mood . ’
14 ‘ I 'm not in the mood for games , Leo , ’ she said shortly .
15 ‘ There 's nothing we have to say to each other , ’ she protested with irritation , ‘ and I 'm not in the mood for any more of your accusations .
16 I 'm not in the mood for co-stars : this is meant to be a solo .
17 ‘ Do n't play games , Phena , I 'm not in the mood !
18 I 'm not in the mood for speaking to her .
19 Improve your mood and counteract stress : Ask anyone who exercises regularly and they will tell you that they always feel exhilarated at the end of a session — even if they had begun by feeling that they were not in the mood for exercise and had almost forced themselves to continue .
20 This did not prove that you could n't use whatever it was , simply that you were not in the mood to knit successfully !
21 ‘ Cross-pollination is when the female flower is not in the mood . ’
22 Often the reverse applies where the female , her ovipositor is fully extended , but he is not in the mood and chases her away .
23 She is not in the mood for gossip , unwilling to pass on her views of current films ( let people buy Outsider if they want to know the Rosenbloom line ) , and uncharacteristically indifferent to news of cheap Thai restaurants in Crouch End .
24 If she 's not in the mood she 'll say nothing all night .
25 Steve 's not in the mood to pull any punches …
26 ‘ Katherine 's not in the mood , are you , Kat ? ’
27 He 's not in the mood this poor lad !
28 But there was a simpler reason than that : his hunch told him he was not in the mood for it .
29 There was a letter from Newton but he was not in the mood to read it .
30 And John-William , still distressingly short of breath , still tired out far too easily by any undue exertion , was not in the mood for domestic strife .
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