Example sentences of "not [prep] the mood [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They may not , for instance , be prepared to risk having any kind of emotional engagement ( I recently worked with a group of headteachers for whom this seemed to be a problem ) ; or they may not trust each other or the teacher ; or the ‘ hidden curriculum , of the group 's own dynamics may cut across the drama 's requirements ( for instance if the strong natural leader within the group is not given her usual leadership function within the fiction ) ; or the group may concentrate too hard on preparing material for ‘ showing ’ so that they miss out almost entirely on ‘ playing the drama game ’ ; or they may dislike drama or really want to perform a play or are simply not in the mood to submit to the experience . |
| 2 | You 're not in the mood to sleep are you ? |
| 3 | He was not in the mood to ask rational questions . |
| 4 | This did not prove that you could n't use whatever it was , simply that you were not in the mood to knit successfully ! |
| 5 | There was a letter from Newton but he was not in the mood to read it . |
| 6 | Steve 's not in the mood to pull any punches … |
| 7 | ‘ I am not in the mood to play games , ’ she said with false bravado . |