Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] was [not/n't] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After we all clambered off the bus and entered the school I started to become a bit more relaxed as I realised I was n't the only person there who had butterflies as big as eagles in their stomachs . |
| 2 | But it seemed I was n't the only one with such fancies . |
| 3 | The farmers had to wait some considerable time for compensation , and when it came it was not the expected bonanza . |
| 4 | ‘ I felt betrayed , ’ said Quinn , ‘ when I discovered I was n't the first man . |
| 5 | I left her because I discovered she was not the pure country girl I thought . |
| 6 | And I knew I was n't the only one . |
| 7 | ‘ I knew I was n't the only person in the world you 'd got the courage to shout at , ’ she says . |
| 8 | I knew I was n't the only victim because I had heard complaints from others ; the fruiterer who saw his apples disappear from the box in front of the shop , the grocer who unwillingly supplied him with free biscuits . |
| 9 | Margaret knew she was n't the easiest person to live with , she knew she had her mad days , but Dorothy tolerated , accepted , got on with her career . |
| 10 | Symphony because I felt it was not the right tempo . |
| 11 | ‘ That bloody bike , ’ she said , although she knew it was n't the same one . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 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 | Matt tried plate-smashing but they said it was n't the local custom and threw us out ! |
| 15 | 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 . |