Example sentences of "[noun] that [pron] [was/were] not [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This led her to the alarming conclusion that it was not they who were bigger , but she who was smaller — and a lot smaller . |
| 2 | I must admit to a certain degree of hurt masculine pride that it was n't me who tempted you , but , as a businessman and a major shareholder in the station , I have to admire your dedication . |
| 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 | In the city , for example , there was the thought that it was n't ours , it was just there to be exploited . |
| 5 | To everybody , I walked round the site with Paul and and Stuart last Friday because Paul had been whingeing to me about erm twenty five K G palletizing and the fact that they were n't they were n't properly packed as it were . |
| 6 | She was a bit troublesome to me to begin with but I soon cottoned on to the fact that it was n't her but the girl she was sitting next to within the class . |