Example sentences of "was n't much [adj] [conj] a " in BNC.

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1 The Mogridge of Mochica was n't much more than a boy .
2 It was n't much more than a fishing village until the eighteenth century when French Jesuits and a few merchants demanded the right to build a city .
3 Forester had delivered the certificate and the other papers by hand to the country police station ; it was n't much more than a converted garage alongside the local man 's house , and it had n't been difficult to pick a time when it had been unattended .
4 He was n't much more than a big puppy and an out-and-out mongrel .
5 I was n't much more than a boy myself .
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