Example sentences of "not like the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was not like the movies : there was no second punch |
| 2 | Not like the others . ’ |
| 3 | It worked out as she hoped ; Tommaso was hanging about outside in the square with a group of other young men , smoking and strolling around to join the girls drawing the evening water at the fountain ; he came near her ; to her surprise , she saw he was n't smiling , not like the others , who were laughing and exchanging remarks , between themselves , grinning strenuously as they play-acted contempt for the young women they wooed . |
| 4 | She 's not like the others . |
| 5 | It 's not like the prayers that we heard about a few weeks ago , from Paul 's letters to Timothy and Philemon , where he was addressing an individual . |
| 6 | ‘ No , ’ said Owen , ‘ not like the Copts . ’ |
| 7 | At the moment it was the traditional tale of going up to Jackson 's at 10 in the morning after an all-night session at Dobell 's — wine we drank in those days , Poppet , wine that was wine not this filthy MUCK — and demanding double portions of oysters all round and when it came to pay no one had a penny , so Dobell , who even then still had the charm of a boy of twenty , and a slim waist to go with it , said he would bring in one of the engravings from his collection , and Gaston , who always recognised a gentleman — not like the CLODS who run hostelries nowadays — with tears in his eyes said it was an honour , an honour to serve Mr Dobell and his friends . |
| 8 | The second this about it , it 's certainly not addictive in any way , it 's not like the barbiturates Valium and so on . |
| 9 | Thus , the issue can be joined as human beings are not like the objects of physical science and therefore can not be quantified , that human action is concerned with meaning , reasons , intentions and understandings and this , therefore , is an interpretative matter rather than a phenomenon subject to causal explanation , that qualitative studies are not really scientific , and so on . |
| 10 | But not like the ones at Mars-U , or in Spiderglass . |
| 11 | That er lived in this house and they were the the real grass roots of the old Labour Party , the real socialists , not like the ones that we know today that only pay lip service to it . |
| 12 | I hope they are not like the ones we found in the store , still a bit alive . |
| 13 | They 're really good they 're made of paper and stuff not like the ones we 've got at home |
| 14 | I was given the opportunity to have a rehearsal with him but I declined because I am not like the professionals who can rehearse in detail and then put it over as fresh as a daisy when the time comes . |
| 15 | To sum this up , the ‘ rules ’ of talk are not like the rules for solving equations or constructing syllogisms . |
| 16 | He was not like the saints you read about who had been parish priests . |
| 17 | May be fussy and irritable but not like the tantrums of Chamomilla or the touchiness of Hepar . |
| 18 | Not like the days when we were young , ’ addressing Mum and Dad . |
| 19 | ‘ Not like the days in the yards . |
| 20 | Cruel people , not like the Ninfanians . |
| 21 | Synods were not like the parliaments of liberal democracies . |
| 22 | They are not like the cynics of the '60s , nor the defeatists of the '70s . |