Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] it was not his " in BNC.
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| 1 | It came back , like a pain , temporarily dulled by drugs , in the terrible early hours in Emily 's bed where he lay , awake and fretful , scourged by his conscience or his sense of preservation , or whatever it was he had so recklessly ignored , tensed for another screaming fit and wondering how he would explain to Brenda that it was n't his fault . |
| 2 | Instead of sending in his officers to haul out the occupiers , Alderson argued that this was a civil issue , there had been no breach of the peace and it was not his job to suppress dissent . |
| 3 | It was that which made his anger so violent : the knowledge that it was not his alone ; that it was shared and felt by thousands upon thousands of others , rich and poor , strong and weak , man and woman , parent and child , all around the world . |
| 4 | Oh , heavens , she thought , and tried to discount a dreadful feeling that it was n't his secretary so much that he was furious to see , but her ! |
| 5 | ‘ Yes , but she denied it , and then she said she did n't know why he was making such a fuss because it was n't his child anyway . |