Example sentences of "be not [adv] like [det] " in BNC.

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No	Sentence
1	We are not normally like this .
2	I keep saying to her they 're not normally like this .
3	I 'm not always like this . "
4	I do n't think so because I 'm not really like that and people who know me know that I 'm not like that .
5	‘ To be a manager you have to have a strong personality , and I 'm not really like that unless I 've had 23 pints .
6	I 'm not , I 'm not , I 'm not , I 'm not quite like that !
7	However , the yield curve is not always like this .
8	‘ It is not quite like that , sir . ’
9	The power of the father is not quite like that of the ‘ patriarch ’ in Filmer 's Patriarcha ( 1680 ) , yet his activities outside the home invest him with an importance which the wife does not have .
10	Thus the enterprise of confirming what was a causal circumstance for something else is not remotely like some hopeless speculation into the whole natural history of a thing , or even a stretch of it .
11	‘ Well , it 's not quite like that .
12	Well , it 's not quite like that in real life , more a case of methodical checks to minimise any possible risks ; firstly , the exterior of the aircraft , then all the internal switches , knobs , buttons and dials .
13	‘ It 's not quite like that , ’ Bragg said mildly .
14	‘ It 's not quite like that either , James .
15	But he 's not always like that , ’ she had assured Isabel hastily .
16	It 's not really like that .
17	Of course , you , in your turn , were invited to other Guest Teas and you cheerfully supported those who had supported you — it was not quite like that mythical island where the inhabitants made a precarious living by taking in each other 's washing .
18	It was not quite like that .
19	No , it was not quite like that .
20	Of course , it was not always like that .
21	It was not always like that and it need not be like that now . ’
22	But it was not always like this .

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