Example sentences of "he was n't [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He was n't exactly a winner but he was honest and decent in every way . |
| 2 | All right , he was what he was : he was n't fundamentally a nice man , yet , had he been greeted in the beginning by this old woman as Andrew Jones had , how different things might have been . |
| 3 | ‘ He was n't just a horse , ’ snaps Telford : ‘ He was the best . ’ |
| 4 | I was n't really one of those children who lived and breathed horses but he was n't just a horseman , he was something very special — a once-in-a-lifetime sight . ’ |
| 5 | He was n't even a very good Pope . ’ |
| 6 | He 's lucky he was n't here a few years ago , when we really hated the Japanese . |
| 7 | Clearly , he was n't once a British title contender without being so again . |
| 8 | He was n't really a student of human behaviour until er he was his career was well developed . |