Example sentences of "[was/were] not like the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were not like the crew quarters , but reminded him more of a hospital , even before he saw what appeared to be an operating theatre . |
| 2 | Synods were not like the parliaments of liberal democracies . |
| 3 | It was not like the movies : there was no second punch |
| 4 | Being enchanted , its floor was not like the floor of the Forest , gorse and bracken and heather , but close-set grass , quiet and smooth and green . |
| 5 | The Pharisee , Jesus said , thanked God that he was not like the Publican or any other lesser mortal . |
| 6 | She was not like the Glasgow woman , who had shown him out into the street . |
| 7 | He was not like the saints you read about who had been parish priests . |