Example sentences of "[was/were] not [adj] [verb] me " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I was told that unless I could produce a current driving licence or passport — neither of which I possess — they were not prepared to give me an account . |
| 2 | Why did you create me if you were not ready to love me ? ’ |
| 3 | The Jungle Book was not mentioned again by any of them , as if they were n't ready to see me as an actor but preferred me in my old role as a useless boy . |
| 4 | But only when you were n't likely to need me , of course . ’ |
| 5 | I could tell Gillian and Stuart were n't thrilled to see me at the airport . |
| 6 | As you will have observed , your wife was not pleased to see me ; she remained impatient of my attentions throughout , and the only prof it from the visit is my own . |
| 7 | My father earns too much money and he was not prepared to subsidise me to do what he thought was a ridiculous waste of time . ’ |
| 8 | But I found it too embarrassing to keep suggesting to a fellow professional that he should take time off from his own work to accompany me to functions where he was not able to join me at the dinner table when he got there . |
| 9 | But what the screens revealed was not likely to make me feel easy . |
| 10 | But even being able to articulate my needs was not sufficient to protect me from further abuse . |
| 11 | " Look , the thing is , I want to go out tonight , but my mother was n't likely to allow me … " |
| 12 | He was n't supposed to give me any objections |