Example sentences of "not the [noun sg] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The language , I understand , was singularly ripe , not the kind Nicholas heard at Bradfield . |
| 2 | This was not the route Harry recalled from his taxi ride , but , for the moment , he did not protest . |
| 3 | What were they using if not the stuff Johnson intended for babies ' bums ? |
| 4 | ‘ We can accept the white silk sheets that your mistress sent , but not the painting Tony sent ! ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Helpful ’ was not the word Christina would have used , but Mr Braithwaite had grudgingly reached an accommodation with a local lawyer whom Stephen had retained to act for them . |
| 6 | Not the chapel Mollie ? |
| 7 | That is not the way Alma Cogan originally conceived her lyric . |
| 8 | What I do know is that whatever Mario says ( ‘ I do n't think he was too unhappy about it ’ ) or Colin thought ( ‘ The atmosphere within the team was the happiest I can remember ’ ) , that was not the way Ronnie saw it . |
| 9 | ‘ Not the way Masklin 's going ! ’ |
| 10 | Not the building Johnson stayed in : he slept in a new fort built to replace the one destroyed by the Jacobites . |
| 11 | He was not the friend Preston might have picked for that distinction had there been any rivals in the field . |
| 12 | How To Speak Hooray A language that 's beyond the ken of most people but certainly not the South Ken of the braying buffoon |
| 13 | Melchiori in one place actually describes ‘ the I ’ as being ‘ the poet who voices his own feelings ’ , and says that the absence of the I form in some sonnets ‘ is an impediment to the dialogue , to the theatrical quality ’ , which he describes in disappointingly literal terms : ‘ Normally in Shakespeare 's Sonnets we find a truly dramatic dialogue between two characters : the persona of the poet himself ( the speaking I , not the man William Shakespeare ) ’ — a welcome disclaimer ! — ‘ and a ‘ you ’ , the actor playing the role of a lovely boy , a worthy or unworthy mistress , possibly a rival poet' . |
| 14 | It was not the answer Katherine had hoped for . |
| 15 | Such attacks on the corruption of the previous regime were the stock in trade of usurping rulers , but it is not the line Richard took in 1483 . |
| 16 | Such attacks on the corruption of the previous regime were the stock in trade of usurping rulers , but it is not the line Richard took in 1483 . |
| 17 | It was not the remark Mr Crumwallis had been expecting , but he perked up , as he frequently did in interviews with parents , when an opportunity for fraudulent self-congratulation presented itself . |
| 18 | Four points from four games is not the start Souness was hoping for in Liverpool 's centenary season . |
| 19 | no , well you can do some later , I thought I had a bottle of lemon juice in the fridge , not the fridge Robert loves Cadbury 's cream eggs |
| 20 | Lord help her , this was not the result Lady Lavinia had intended ! |
| 21 | THE visit to the Alhambra next day was not the joy Maggie had hoped it would be , at least not initially , because Candace and Peter Rainford were there at breakfast and even more resolute in their determination to join Felipe 's party . |
| 22 | ‘ JC ’ was not the arch-villain Victoria painted , but the victim of his own inordinate ambition . |
| 23 | Connoisseur of bizarre sensations though he was , it was probably not the deathbed Hilary would have chosen . |
| 24 | It certainly was n't the answer Polly had expected . |
| 25 | ‘ That was mentioned , certainly , but it was n't the reason David wanted to see me . ’ |