Example sentences of "was [not/n't] what you [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ It was n't what you might think .
2 She was n't what you might call strict either , but she knew it would n't be right , that their last chance was to hold on until they were married , so that , however mean and poor it was , their marriage would have that at least to make it special .
3 But at that time it was n't what you 'd call modern in so far as you had n't got hot water from a sort of gas fir Electric heating .
4 But there was n't what you 'd call an organized sports group .
5 Jonathan was n't what you 'd call a warm man but he was n't a monk either .
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