Example sentences of "was n't [adv] [adj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was n't as good a service all the services that are got better . |
| 2 | It was n't as big a hit , but we 'd shown more about the scope of what they could do . ’ |
| 3 | As the idle beings they were in a group , the malais were used to last-minute arrangements and alterations , spontaneous changes and improvisation ; so it was n't as big a deal as if he 'd been , say , an Israeli or a German officer . |
| 4 | ‘ We wanted Carol Channing , ’ said Ernest Lehman , ‘ but the trouble was Carol did n't photograph too well ; it had nothing to do with the fact that she was n't as big a marquee name as Streisand . |
| 5 | As Robert Myers , Grumman 's laconic president , says now : ‘ I guess that sale was n't too good a move from the State Department 's standpoint . ’ |
| 6 | It was one of these jobs we were hoping It was n't too big a load but it was a houseload , we were hoping to get mi finished for the mid-afternoon , about three o'clock in the afternoon , or four perhaps . |
| 7 | Substitute splutter for bang and bang for splutter and that was n't too bad a forecast . |
| 8 | She wished she was n't offended that he did n't rush to assure her that she was n't that bad a waitress . |