Example sentences of "[pers pn] was not the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had suggested that Longman 's should send it to The Criterion , but obviously I was not the right person to review it . |
| 2 | I was not the only person who felt betrayed by filthy lucre when the World Cup went to the satellite company . |
| 3 | It soon became clear that I was not the only moth cruising Karen 's flame . |
| 4 | I left her because I discovered she was not the pure country girl I thought . |
| 5 | She was not the worrying kind , any more than Harold was . |
| 6 | She was not the first person to wonder about the secret of Harry Short 's success . |
| 7 | She enjoyed having tea at the Vicarage , though she was not the only visitor . |
| 8 | She was a loving mother , tall and thin and delighted at the social success of ‘ Captain ’ Masters , the polite way the bank manager doffed his hat to her , and that she was not the only mother who was sending her son to Oxford . |
| 9 | All the eligible mature men were married already , and it would not be fitting to contract her in a match where she was not the senior wife . |
| 10 | She was not the dependent type and if she had to go it alone then so be it . |
| 11 | Finally , he had felt sick at his behaviour and had dropped her off at her home with a feeling of relief that she was not the clinging type and perhaps he could avoid her in future . |
| 12 | However the fact that she lost a few battles in Cabinet does not mean that she was not the dominant figure or that the Cabinet was supreme . |
| 13 | He spoke of a well-off socialist he knew at college ; what irked him was not the socialist views , some of which he agreed with , but the fact that here was a wealthy socialist telling working people what they should think . |
| 14 | In this case , as in millions , it was not the two halves of a perfect whole who met . |
| 15 | It was not the general labourers but the seamen and other groups which could be made to believe in their immediate bargaining power which led the new militancy from the winter , not of 1889 , but of 1888 . |
| 16 | She knew it was not the correct mode of address but she felt a little odd , outside reality , and was afraid she was about to dissolve into tears . |
| 17 | But it was not the mere surface meaning of the words which arrested him . |
| 18 | The House of Commons was far from being a genuinely representative body , but it was not the mere tool of the king . |
| 19 | It was not the complete answer to the problem , and I doubt if anyone will find it , but it works better than anything else I know . |
| 20 | He said it was not the small investor but the ‘ fecklessness , gullibility , and incompetence of the Government , which for months and for years , ignored all the warnings . |
| 21 | The report suggested that it was not the ultimate loser 's fault that the judge at first instance and the Court of Appeal did not get the right answers , and that the loser should not be liable for the appellate costs . |
| 22 | I afterwards met Mr Blair at the Congress , and observing his deep solicitude for Kildalton , I admitted the claims which its neglected state had upon my faith and affection , and remarked that it was not the pecuniary sacrifice that I should make that would deter me , so much as the expenditure I had lately incurred on my House and Glebe , and which would in a measure be thrown away , by my moving to Islay . |
| 23 | It was not the European Tour 's decision . |
| 24 | When Charlotte , ‘ a delicate and capable young person ’ , was caught travelling on the Underground without a ticket , it was not the 3s 6d fine that bothered her so much as the magistrate 's warning that , in consequence , her application for naturalisation might be rejected . |
| 25 | That afternoon Adam , knowing it was not the wisest thing to be doing in his celibate situation , lay on the terrace reading Fanny Hill . |
| 26 | While it was not the sole cause of this , the poll tax was undoubtably the most important single factor . |
| 27 | It was not the first temple on the site . |
| 28 | It was not the first time the 48-year-old comedian and doctor had pooped the party . |
| 29 | It was not the first time , but it was the worst . |
| 30 | It was not the first time he had seen such symptoms . |