Example sentences of "[not/n't] a [noun sg] like [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | NOT A BIT LIKE BASIL |
| 2 | He 's mostly calm , perceptive and spiritual — not a bit like Basil . |
| 3 | Not a bit like Annabel 's mother . |
| 4 | Unexceptionable words , perhaps , and certainly non-élitist ; not a bit like Plato . |
| 5 | In fact Alan Rossiter was a very mild-mannered man , not a bit like Stalin . |
| 6 | He was older than me ; he was not a boy like Darnley . |
| 7 | Not a gentleman like Cortés , but a peasant , with a peasant 's cunning and greed . |
| 8 | And not a Frenchwoman like Clara Delluc , either , but one of his own class , and a virgin . |
| 9 | Although I am not a mechanic like Pa , the machine holds a strange attraction for me . |
| 10 | Charlemagne himself was a singer though not a soloist like David ; he sang only when the rest of the congregation was singing , and in a low voice . |
| 11 | I voted for him , all right : not a toff like Hurd , not a party-wrecker like Heseltine . |
| 12 | I voted for him , all right : not a toff like Hurd , not a party-wrecker like Heseltine . |
| 13 | You 're not the sort of girl to … dammit ! you 're not a slut like Bella , who 'll sleep with anyone for a cheap thrill . |
| 14 | He was n't a bit like Murray , who was just wild , all over the place . |