Example sentences of "and [adj] was not the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er er and and and that was n't the case . |
| 2 | But joint Charlton manager Alan Curbishley said : ‘ Nobody begrudged Robert his move — and that was not the case with a couple of players when they left . ’ |
| 3 | One lick led to another , in her experience , and that was not the idea this afternoon , there were serious things in train . |
| 4 | And that was not the feeling engendered by her relations with either of the Crumwallises , for example , or with Mr McWhirter . |
| 5 | And that was not the end of it , for there were permutations . |
| 6 | And this was n't the hotel or anything . |
| 7 | And this was not the moment to suggest that Emilia , with her refusal to let go of Cambridge , to be truly present in the parish , might herself be at fault . |
| 8 | Without an ice axe and with only borrowed instep crampons my climbing ability was somewhat limited , and this was not the place to take risks . |