Example sentences of "[pers pn] [is] [adv] that i [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's not that I am fearful of telling the truth , but the reader might be offended . |
| 2 | It 's not that I was worried about , it was just the money , it 's a lot of money for something that , was an idea a couple of months ago . |
| 3 | No it 's not that I was just getting together to play a bit of recording stuff . |
| 4 | It 's not that I 'm particularly unhappy with the shape of my body or with my image , it 's just that I worry all the time about what people think about me , what impression they are getting . |
| 5 | I said my say : ‘ It 's not that I 'm angry with you , or that you 've done anything wrong . |
| 6 | ‘ It 's not that I 'm afraid of living in a strange place , Ruth . |
| 7 | Turns out , Deardrie , she 's applied to be an astronaut — I remember seeing the advert , asking for people to go to the moon — it 's not that I 'm jealous , but why did n't she ask me first ? |
| 8 | It 's not that I 'm a prude . |
| 9 | It 's not that I 'm against autobiographical writing I just generally do n't think it makes good , or true , fiction . |
| 10 | But it 's not that I 'm trying to distance myself because I do n't want to be linked directly with that character . |
| 11 | It 's not that I 'm denying the validity of acting , it 's just that it 's not as important to me . |
| 12 | Yeah it 's not that I 'm worried about . |
| 13 | It 's not that I 'm against them in their place , |
| 14 | It 's not that I 'm totally assured that this time round I wo n't be quite so foolish , it 's simply that I know it 's possible to progress to that stage beyond ‘ falling in love ’ — if I do n't opt out as soon as he starts to look less like Prince Charming and more like Mr Very Ordinary and Boring . |
| 15 | I I really know I mean it it 's not that I 'm I 'm no where near like I was before , I know because I was You know reservoir treatment before , but er |
| 16 | Please understand — it 's not that I 'm doubting you in any way . |
| 17 | It 's not that I 'm not fond of her , you know that , May , but I daresay her life must suit her . |
| 18 | ‘ It 's not that I 'm reluctant , ’ she denied slowly , ‘ I just find it so incredible that you want to marry me . ’ |
| 19 | It 's not that I 'm saying anything against them . |
| 20 | I mean , it 's not that I 'm scared by the Government 's advertising campaign on safe sex , I 'm just very socially responsible . |
| 21 | This is why and one of the the real problems with this is it 's not that I 'm criticising , it 's just that if in fact you 've got somebody who was appointed as a treasurer , you can in fact get more information out of it , instead of having to guess what we got from where and how it came in . |
| 22 | It 's not that I 'm worrying about . |
| 23 | Er well it 's just I 'm ha it 's not that I 'm having more difficulty with one thing than another , it 's just that I have n't , I did n't get round to doing them . |
| 24 | I think you 're , you 're often asked to do reactive tasks when I 've done all my tasks , you know I 've got all my staff doing this , and then I 've got to help down on the shopfloor , and it 's not that I 'm doing something that I 'm , you know , I should be doing as a manager , it 's that I 've done all of mine , and I 'm going out to give them a hand . |
| 25 | It 's not that I 'm afraid of a patch . |
| 26 | No I 'm not , no it 's not that I 'm thinking of . |
| 27 | Well it 's not that I 'm uptight . |
| 28 | Thing is though it 's not that I really care about him personally , you know it 's not that I 'm thinking oh it 's a real shame , but it 's just , and usually if , if people are complete dicks I think well er you know , sod them |
| 29 | It 's not that I 'm worried about you I 'm just saying |
| 30 | It 's simply that I 'm not prepared to see him branded a fraud and a charlatan merely in order to prolong your receipt of them . |