Example sentences of "a [noun] not [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I had to spend a whole hour in a meeting not not an hour , two and a half hours in a |
| 2 | Because you only have to identify them by a name not not a |
| 3 | We do n't think that it 's unreasonable for players to enjoy a drink not necessarily an alcoholic one . ’ |
| 4 | I marvelled at it , a frog not even an inch long , no larger than a thumb nail . |
| 5 | of a well not exactly a disaster , but if ev if ever you 're in some sort of uncomfortable plight er stuck in a train or anything like that the way t to cope is to go off to sleep if you can |