Example sentences of "[was/were] different [prep] other [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " We " must be credited with primal parents , a first father and a first mother , who were mortal like us , who procreated children like us , who , like us , were different from other animals and other beings , both real and imaginary . |
| 2 | He was different in other ways , too . |
| 3 | I liked him , and he was different from other boys , not at all pushy , except pushy to please I suppose , but even that was sweet in a way — it made me want to say , it 's all right , do n't fret so much , I 'm having a perfectly nice time , slow down . |
| 4 | That shook her to her heart ; she 'd known he was different from other men , but not this different . |
| 5 | He was different from other men , I thought-a really good man ! |
| 6 | ‘ Arthur was different from other men , I thought — a really good man . ’ |
| 7 | Sandweg church was different from other churches on the island in that its frescos did not bear the imprint of the celebrated Elmelunde master but of some unknown artist who , it seemed , had neither painted nor supervised the painting of any other works of public art . |
| 8 | In that respect , I was different from other reporters who were on a big story one day and a ‘ bun worry ’ the next . |