Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] was 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 | ‘ I felt betrayed , ’ said Quinn , ‘ when I discovered I was n't the first man . |
| 4 | And I knew I was n't the only one . |
| 5 | ‘ I knew I was n't the only person in the world you 'd got the courage to shout at , ’ she says . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | ‘ That bloody bike , ’ she said , although she knew it was n't the same one . |
| 9 | Matt tried plate-smashing but they said it was n't the local custom and threw us out ! |