Sentence examples for it was not plain from inspiring English sources

It was not plain sailing for England, however.

It was not plain sailing – diesel fumes overpower the author's cabin and the food includes fried Spam.

It was not plain sailing for Wales – it never is these days – but it was their best performance of the autumn.

Andy Murray earned his spot in the quarter-finals of the Madrid Masters today after overcoming Marin Cilic in straight sets, although it was not plain sailing for the world number four.

But it was not plain sailing, with West Ham digging deep in the second half, playing with greater intensity and advertising the equaliser on three occasions through Marko Arnautovic.

Everyone was just deep in thought, running through exactly what they had to do". Once they managed to get on to the building, it was not plain sailing: "The first part of the climb was really difficult, it took us three hours when it should have taken one, and our ropes just kept getting tangled.

"I hate to say it, but I was not plain".

As ever, it wasn't plain sailing.

It wasn't plain and ordinary and everyday.

Nonetheless, it wasn't plain sailing.

I simply could not participate the way I wanted to, and sometimes, my peers and teachers just thought it wasn't plain safe to play.