Example sentences of "not a happy " in BNC.

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1 It was not a happy saga .
2 His debut in the disastrous series in Australia was not a happy one , but things improved at home to India and then he really came into his own against England , finishing with 28 wickets at under 13 .
3 The next phase of Dickinson 's career was not a happy one .
4 I had the impression , though , that he was not a happy man .
5 He 's not a happy man . ’
6 It was not a happy journey to the car and I sat silently and unhappily in the back as we drove away , despite my friends ' jolly attempts to think up song titles with the word ‘ flask ’ in them .
7 The assertion that the courts are now in the business of adjudicating on the complex issue of sex is not a happy development towards this goal .
8 ‘ 'T IS not a happy homecomin' , right enough . ’
9 A zealot 's life is not a happy one .
10 It was not a happy thought .
11 He was not a happy man , and the stern set of his jaw , and the way he hardly ever looked at his two operatives , made Ray Doyle realise that the fat was really in the fire this time .
12 One 's first hearing of this album is not a happy event .
13 However , her private life was not a happy one and her early marriage ended in annulment .
14 My first visit to Glen Shiel , however , was not a happy one .
15 The liaison was not a happy one however .
16 Tora ! filming was not a happy one , as the film crew obliterated the old paint on the airframe and ground-looped a gear leg off during the filming .
17 It is not a happy precedent and if Mr Major is to avoid it , he needs somebody at the Treasury who commands confidence , and who deserves it .
18 Magister is not a happy chappy .
19 She 's not a happy person .
20 As her best friend , Carolyn Bartholomew observes of the woman she has known since they were schoolgirls : ‘ She is not a happy person but she once was and it is my dearest hope that one day she will find the happiness she truly deserves . ’
21 ‘ When he attempts to arrest disorderly persons who have the active sympathy of a crowd of roughs ’ , it added , ‘ a policeman 's lot is not a happy one . ’
22 Not a happy marriage , and not one that could take on the extra burden of a weeping widowed friend .
23 However , as James Gibson 's chapter in the present collection makes clear , Russia 's overseas colonial experience in the Americas was not a happy or successful one .
24 Unsurprisingly , Zeng 's childhood was not a happy one , and he played truant from his persecutors as often as he could .
25 Sean was the first man who ever made love to her , and Ruth had thought she loved him too , but it was not a happy marriage and when Sean was killed in France , just before the Armistice was signed , she realised that she had been denying her true feelings for years .
26 Mr Bumble was now a married man , and not a happy one .
27 But it was not a happy smile .
28 Overall he was not a happy man : ‘ There did not appear to be much Christmas spirit about this year .
29 Louisa felt a little helpless before his diffident manner , and she was surprised when Emilia insisted that she remain in the room throughout Frere 's third visit ; surprised and discomfited , for it was not a happy interview .
30 He was not a happy man .
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