Example sentences of "he [was/were] [not/n't] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Robinson v. Graves ( 1935 ) the Court of Appeal held that a contract whereby an artist agreed to paint a client 's portrait for him was not a contract of sale of goods . |
| 2 | That for him was not the problem , however . |
| 3 | Perhaps the most interesting thing about him was not the conclusion he reached , but the way he reached it . |
| 4 | What concerned him was not the brutality but the fact that it had taken place while the Corporals were drunk . |
| 5 | In his first , Lucky Jim , there had been an offensive character called Bertrand , a painter and a pacifist who preferred his name to be pronounced in the French manner : clearly a late derivative of Bloomsbury and a poseur of the worst water ; and even if he were not a rival-in-love of the hero , that ( one feels ) would be all that needed to be said about him . |
| 6 | It was particularly offensive to hear the Secretary of State talking about price increases in the gas industry before privatisation , as though he were not a member of a party and Government who decreed that gas prices had to rise arbitrarily , unilaterally and unnecessarily by 10 per cent . |
| 7 | He could not do it if he were not the landlord , although in general you can not , in the late twentieth century , expect high-minded landlords to do your planning for you . |
| 8 | Though he was n't a ghost she was still too scared to touch that small , shaky hand . |
| 9 | No , there had never really been anything in Mr McCloy 's behaviour to make them believe he was n't a man of integrity . |
| 10 | He was n't a man , only a big , overgrown boy , and he looked quite crazy and terrifying . |
| 11 | He was n't a man you could cross-question . |
| 12 | Lane accepted it without comment , although at another time he might have pressed for more of an answer ; he was n't a man who liked to be kept in the dark . |
| 13 | He was n't a part of her life any more , he had no right to treat her like this ! |
| 14 | He was n't a drinking man . |
| 15 | ‘ He was n't a myth , he was n't a genius . |
| 16 | He was n't a diarist . ’ |
| 17 | as if he was n't a maniac keeping me prisoner here . |
| 18 | Not that he was n't a marvel with machinery , a real wizard — aye , he was still that . |
| 19 | He was n't a bore or a boor , he could n't be typecast or even neatly slotted within the underground , from which he always maintained an apparently effortless sense of distance . |
| 20 | I 've always thought that if he was n't a composer he would have been Rupert Murdoch ; he 's just one of those people who would be successful in whatever he went into . |
| 21 | He was n't a composer as such but a great translator , not just a violin but also a violinist , an Itzhak Perlman of actors . ’ |
| 22 | Dot wanted to know , if he was n't a pilot , what did he do ? |
| 23 | The French Government would object to Jesus Christ being head of European Operations , on the grounds that He was n't a Frenchman . |
| 24 | ‘ He was n't a burglar , ’ I said , joining Nassim at the top of the stairs . |
| 25 | I splashed my hands in the water but he was n't a bit cross . ’ |
| 26 | He was n't a bit like Murray , who was just wild , all over the place . |
| 27 | He was n't a bit precious and starry like so many of them who come to stay at the hotel . ’ |
| 28 | The road was deserted and even if a motorist came by and drew up , could she be certain that he was n't a kidnapper , a rapist , even the Whistler ? |
| 29 | Mind , that did n't mean he was n't a kind bloke , he 'd been very kind to her . |
| 30 | He was n't a crook this man ? |