Example sentences of "[was/were] n't much [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But as he goes on to explain , some of the newer council houses were n't much of an improvement . |
| 2 | There was n't much on the box , but that night it was preferable to conversation . |
| 3 | She was n't much of a drinker either — did n't even particularly like the taste of alcohol , but she 'd have to look on it as a necessary medicine . |
| 4 | It was n't much of a choice . |
| 5 | One bobby said yesterday : ‘ It was n't much of a choice . |
| 6 | If so , it was n't much of a success . ’ |
| 7 | There was n't much of a story . |
| 8 | It was n't much of a fall , just one of those nippy little sprinklings that come early in the winter to make it absolutely clear that it is , well , the winter . |
| 9 | Things did n't grow very well in it because it was in shadow and Patsy was n't much of a gardener , but it was her own , and nobody ever touched it , any more than they ever went into her room . |
| 10 | Frankly , it was n't much of a sacrifice . |
| 11 | ‘ It was n't much of a waterfall either , ’ said Betty . |
| 12 | It was n't much of a smile , but it did have a faintly superior tinge to it and Lydia began to feel better . |
| 13 | It was n't much of a concession , but suddenly Robbie stopped feeling sorry for herself . |
| 14 | She was only nine years old and she was n't much of a size for that , but everybody knew that Viktor was harmless . |
| 15 | It was n't , it was n't much of a subject when I was young , is it , is it a necessary part of the school curriculum ? |
| 16 | They were n't doing anything illegal and I was n't much of a fighter any more by then : I suppose I just caved in . |
| 17 | There was n't much of a home life in that time . |
| 18 | It was n't much of a race , more like being on a training run with a 1000-odd friends . |
| 19 | ‘ It was n't much of a marriage . |
| 20 | ‘ It was n't much of a marriage , you know , ’ he said after a while . |
| 21 | Billy Norfolk was a nice enough bloke , but it was n't much of a marriage . |
| 22 | This he did with difficulty , partly on account of his bad eyesight , partly because of what in later years would come to be referred to as ‘ a learning disability ’ or ‘ mild dyslexia ’ ; and partly because he simply was n't much of a reader . |
| 23 | It was n't much of a joke , but then it did n't take much to make Karen laugh . |
| 24 | It was n't much of a joke and it did n't get a laugh . |
| 25 | ‘ Must be the only hill between here and Russia , ’ he observed to Catherine who pointed out it was n't much of a hill , more a fifty-foot ridge , it just looked high in this dead flat plain . |
| 26 | A shopkeeper near the blast site said : ‘ There was n't much of a bang , more of a thud . ’ |
| 27 | Where we lived was n't much of a place — there were fourteen families in the one house and as mother 's eyes got worse , less work came in and we had to move into smaller and smaller rooms . |
| 28 | It was n't much of a place , and Toby had n't been particularly happy there . |
| 29 | Well , it was n't much of a hat . ’ |
| 30 | Naseby was n't much of a catch though . |