Example sentences of "was [adj] not [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tell her I was sorry not to see her . |
| 2 | Sir Ralph was careful not to take his place among his constituents , although his local chairman , Mrs Angela Cartwright , had kept a seat vacant for him . |
| 3 | Macmillan — worried by the age gap between himself and the young president — was careful not to take anything for granted . |
| 4 | Only in the evenings did I spend some time with Mr Rochester , and I was careful not to allow him to hold me in his arms or kiss me . |
| 5 | She was careful not to push me in a direction I did n't want to go . |
| 6 | From under his eyelashes he could see Mrs Morgan was watching her husband with a sort of furious compassion , and was careful not to catch her eye . |
| 7 | He was self-trained not to notice his surroundings . |
| 8 | Someone who was tall and black-haired , with milkmaid cheeks and deep , dark eyes ; eyes so deep and dark it was impossible not to notice them . |
| 9 | It was impossible not to compare him with her stepfather , so cold , reserved and cautious , and whose passions seemed solely aroused by his business and moneymaking skill . |
| 10 | Mrs Young did her best to soothe her , but it was impossible not to respect her fears . |
| 11 | I lived in a room off the kitchen , so thin-walled that it was impossible not to hear what was happening in the dining room unless Wu had a gadget going . |
| 12 | When his freckled face screwed up with childish annoyance , it was hard not to notice him , or take notice of him . |
| 13 | It was hard not to want everything at the vast open-air market . |
| 14 | Everything about this sullen youth annoyed him and it was hard not to show it . |
| 15 | Doctors said Lee — who will be scarred for life — was lucky not to lose his nose or an eye . |
| 16 | Navarre lost his castles and was lucky not to lose his life ; he was to attempt further intrigues with the English , but his double-dealing made the English wary of him . |
| 17 | Hynes was lucky not to see his England prospects totally wrecked by a sending-off . |
| 18 | Democracy was demanded , and admitted , on the ground that it was unfair not to have it in a competitive society . |
| 19 | It was better not to let him know that Chris woke regularly two or three times every night . |
| 20 | It was better not to see him again . |
| 21 | But it was better not to anger it by sleeping on the bed . |
| 22 | Cheshire was unlucky not to have his best day of the season . |
| 23 | He gained his school colours for rugger and was unlucky not to get them for the Field Game and the Wall Game — another game confined to Eton . |
| 24 | The debate about whether Brunel was literally ‘ sold down the river ’ over the broad gauge issue will continue in railway circles , but InterCity chose the number thirteen to speculate that Brunel was unlucky not to get his wider gauge accepted . |
| 25 | Cross-examined by John Griffith Williams QC , about why he did not stop for the children , he said that he was concerned not to hit them and instinctively moved away into the fast lane . |
| 26 | Lawrence added : ‘ It was important not to let our fans down at Molineux . |
| 27 | It was important not to give her thinking time . |
| 28 | After a year or two of keeping house for Hugh , she put her foot down and said it was ridiculous not to use her money . |
| 29 | It was wiser not to tantalize oneself . |
| 30 | She had her faults — she needed to be push-started and she had lost gears the way old people lose teeth — but it was difficult not to love her . |