Example sentences of "this was n't the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was n't the type of conversation she particularly enjoyed . |
| 2 | but but possibly this was n't the majority case . |
| 3 | I expected to pay for twin-lens versatility with loss of picture quality , but this was n't the case at all . |
| 4 | We tried to reassure him that this was n't the case , that newspeople were merely going for the stories with the biggest hook . |
| 5 | InteCalc claims that pressing the right arrow key will scroll through the currently available files but this was n't the case on my sample . |
| 6 | But erm er so I thought that was er so that was the only thing that I would actually pick up on there erm and the one thing I noticed this time , and you did n't , I mean this was n't the case when you did erm the role play this morning , but this time , and I do n't know whether it was because you had less confidence with what , with actual talking about the product , but you had very little eye contact with Maggie . |
| 7 | And this was n't the hotel or anything . |
| 8 | This was n't the hotel , the hotel was very posh yes . |
| 9 | On another day , they might have scored a handful but this was n't the night . |
| 10 | This was n't the love and peace of 1967 , this was something else . |
| 11 | This was no reincarnation of some centuries-gone swashbuckling master-mariner , but even so — surely this was n't the man she 'd agreed to work with for the next few weeks ? |
| 12 | This was n't the choice I wanted to make , Wayne , she said . |
| 13 | This was n't the way that she wanted things to be , she told herself a little frantically . |
| 14 | This was n't the sound of young Scotland , this was trance-national , so they called themselves Havanna . |
| 15 | If he did finally decide , after all , this was n't the job for him , that snide comment should go some way to ensure that Lorrimer stood no chance of succeeding him as Director of Hoggatt 's . |
| 16 | This was n't the sort of international work done in the European branch of security services , which is known as Section A. But it was glamorous enough to keep Dirk Coetzee happy for a while . |
| 17 | This was n't the moment to tell him about her earlier worries . |
| 18 | Maybe this was n't the time . |
| 19 | This was n't the time to think about it . |
| 20 | Alyssia shrugged vaguely , knowing that this was n't the time or the place to confide in her friend . |
| 21 | Dana nodded sulkily and Claudia could have slapped her ; this was n't the time for Dana to hold centre stage . |
| 22 | This was n't the time or the place , she excused her procrastination , guiltily aware of what she was doing . |
| 23 | She opened her mouth to ask her mother why he 'd said that , and just as abruptly closed it again , realising that this was n't the time or the place to discuss private family matters . |
| 24 | This was n't the suicide . |
| 25 | But when I saw Bullitt , I thought , ‘ This was n't the script either , it was all in the director 's head . ’ |