Example sentences of "[pers pn] was not the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had suggested that Longman 's should send it to The Criterion , but obviously I was not the right person to review it . |
| 2 | For I was not the first to have stood in Balboa 's footprints . |
| 3 | I even think I was not the first . |
| 4 | I first drew attention to the shortcomings of this edition in 1981 I was not the first to suspect it : as long ago as 1964 Sir Charles Mackerras , in preparing Castor et Pollux for a BBC broadcast , became suspicious of some of the scoring , went over to Paris to inspect the sources for himself , and made some extensive last-minute changes . |
| 5 | I was not the only one to have identified closely with my character . |
| 6 | It soon became clear that I was not the only moth cruising Karen 's flame . |
| 7 | I was pleased to renew friendships made over two years ago at the First Congress of Black Catholics , and it was a joy to be again in a crowd of African , Afro-Caribbean and Asian Catholics where for once I was not the only black face in a sea of white ones . |
| 8 | Still , when Mario embarked on his four-year career with Chapman , I was not the only one who felt a certain apprehension . |
| 9 | I was not the only person who felt betrayed by filthy lucre when the World Cup went to the satellite company . |
| 10 | I was not the only sad father in Haworth . |
| 11 | They all laughed , rather more heartily than the witticism warranted ; so I was not the only one who felt awkward . |
| 12 | I was not the only one who had made this uncomfortable observation . |
| 13 | I could not believe I was not the only one and it was such a relief . |
| 14 | ‘ I was not the great campaigning journalist , but I always wanted to be able to give facts , be they favourable or unfavourable to the authorities . ’ |
| 15 | I left her because I discovered she was not the pure country girl I thought . |
| 16 | She was not the worrying kind , any more than Harold was . |
| 17 | She was not the first person to wonder about the secret of Harry Short 's success . |
| 18 | She was not the only one with the same idea , because on arriving at Clarendon Road there was quite a sizeable crowd , just gazing at the still smouldering ruin of a terrace of five houses . |
| 19 | She enjoyed having tea at the Vicarage , though she was not the only visitor . |
| 20 | She was not the only one to be impressed . |
| 21 | But she was not the only one who was losing her cool . |
| 22 | She was a loving mother , tall and thin and delighted at the social success of ‘ Captain ’ Masters , the polite way the bank manager doffed his hat to her , and that she was not the only mother who was sending her son to Oxford . |
| 23 | And the faint sound of movement from below told her she was not the only one . |
| 24 | She was not the only one . |
| 25 | But like all such moments it came to an end , yet not before she had the satisfaction of knowing that she was not the only one affected . |
| 26 | All the eligible mature men were married already , and it would not be fitting to contract her in a match where she was not the senior wife . |
| 27 | She was not the dependent type and if she had to go it alone then so be it . |
| 28 | Finally , he had felt sick at his behaviour and had dropped her off at her home with a feeling of relief that she was not the clinging type and perhaps he could avoid her in future . |
| 29 | But she was not the same as them , she could not pretend to be . |
| 30 | However the fact that she lost a few battles in Cabinet does not mean that she was not the dominant figure or that the Cabinet was supreme . |