Example sentences of "were not [prep] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Country house visiting , which had been common in the eighteenth century and Regency when everyone liked to have their taste admired , became infrequent as even the greatest houses closed their gates to visitors , persuaded that the sanctities of ‘ home ’ were not for exhibition to the public eye . |
| 2 | All the work which had so far been done received very little recognition , because CCs were not on offer to the breed in this country . |
| 3 | The words were not like music to Doreen 's ears . |
| 4 | But the American press , used to seeing horses flat out from the start and going at it hammer and tongs , were not in tune to the subtleties of Piggott 's unleashing that burst , and the criticism started . |
| 5 | A GRE spokesman said the changes were not in reaction to the losses incurred over the past three years , as the life business had remained profitable . |