Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] [indef pn] [adj] than a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Later , when I was more familiar with the beliefs and practices of the movement and had ‘ learned the language ’ , I would interact with the Moonies as though I were one of them , and , although I never pretended that I accepted their beliefs or that I was anything other than a sociologist studying the movement , members who did not know me would mistake me for a member — the Moonies themselves were no longer ‘ translating ’ for me when we were interacting . |
| 2 | ‘ He 's never ever mentioned that night to me since , so as far as he 's aware , ’ he rapped cuttingly , ‘ I could think you were nothing more than an easy one-nighter for him ! ’ |
| 3 | But these days she was stepping way out of line , coming on like she had something on him , like she was something more than a two-bit secretary . |
| 4 | She was something more than a housekeeper , more also than a nurse . |
| 5 | His hand was still firm on her shoulder and the contact changed from pleasure to a feeling she was nothing more than a possession . |
| 6 | Implexion was sure she was nothing more than a spoiled and pampered daughter of a rich house , as ill-prepared for privation as it was possible to be . |
| 7 | As far as he was concerned she was nothing more than a time-and-labour-saving device required for the voyage . |
| 8 | Why did she let herself feel so safe with him , when to him she was nothing more than a hot-tempered child with a woman 's body ? |
| 9 | Still she lifted her chin slightly and tried to ignore the media attention , knowing that it was all really centred on Ace and that she was nothing more than a decorative addition to his charismatic presence . |
| 10 | In her early days as a singer she had encountered those who had wrongly assumed she was nothing more than a beautiful but empty-headed blonde . |
| 11 | But the sailing date kept being put back : first for lack of volunteers , then because of uncertainty about the activities of ubiquitous Francis Drake — who disliked other privateers poaching prizes he regarded as his own — and finally for a wealth of reasons so small that Ann began to suspect that they were nothing more than a smoke screen , to hide her husband 's ever-increasing infatuation with Miss Jennifer Gristy . |
| 12 | They were nothing more than a lousy bunch of down and outs , students ( same thing in my book ) , and back-packing evangelists with acne . |
| 13 | If it was nothing other than a short-term political fix … and then all of the 31 pits that had been threatened were to close , that would be completely unacceptable . ’ |
| 14 | Winston Churchill ( C , Davyhulme ) said : ‘ If it was nothing other than a short-term political fix I do not believe it would get through the House of Commons . |
| 15 | This gave her hope , for it was nothing less than a re-birth that Maggie was aiming for . |
| 16 | ‘ It was nothing more than a tap in , ’ he added . |
| 17 | There was also the possibility that Myeloski was wrong , that it was nothing more than a string of coincidences . |
| 18 | Lucille 's home was very grandly called a château , though in truth it was nothing more than a large moated farm with a crenellated tower to remind passers-by that the building had once been a small fortress . |
| 19 | ‘ It was nothing more than a mental aberration on my part . ’ |
| 20 | Until Silas came it was nothing more than a wilderness . ’ |
| 21 | It was clearly not an all-party government , yet , until September 1932 at least , it was something more than a mere Conservative front . |
| 22 | Photography is 80 per cent casting , and with Kate it was something more than a beautiful face . |
| 23 | Too little is known about Burhaneddin Haydar Herevi to enable one to decide what is meant by the title , however , and there is no other evidence to indicate either that he held an official post or , if so , that it was anything other than an ad hominem appointment . |
| 24 | She has no reason to believe that it was anything other than an accident . |
| 25 | She has no reason to believe that it was anything other than an accident . |
| 26 | As an adult she was able to see how wrong it was and she knew that they were indulging in something they should not have been doing — although in her childish innocence she had not been aware that it was anything more than an extension of the love and affection she felt for other members of her family . |
| 27 | Carlos Alberto Reutemann , that cunning , solitary ace from Argentina , worried about his racing twenty-four hours a day ; James seemed to give it scarcely a thought — technically , as a contributor to development he was something less than a devoted genius ( but on the track he had extraordinarily good reflexes and a lot of savvy ) . |
| 28 | But as his eyes travelled across to Elinor 's crowd , with their frizzy haloes of hair , their flowered dresses and carefully arranged profiles , he realized that there was nothing he could think of to say that would persuade them he was anything other than a boring little man . |