Example sentences of "it is [not/n't] that [pers pn] [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It is not that we do n't like banks , just , well , I 've never even had a personal overdraft . ’ |
| 2 | It is not that you have to be ‘ good ’ , just stop believing you are ‘ bad ’ . |
| 3 | When you have finished the novel it is not that you have really finished it , but that you have decided to do no more work on it . |
| 4 | I have been accused of favouring Transworld in the past , so I feel I must defend myself and say that it is not that I love Transworld so much as that I admire success . |
| 5 | ‘ It is not that I do n't long for my former mate , But because of you I wo n't reach my flock . ’ |
| 6 | It is not that I have no reason to submit to the moral law and can do as I please ; I am left with no reason even to do as I please . |
| 7 | ‘ It is not that I have n't got time for girls . |
| 8 | It is not that I have forgotten what other people are like . |
| 9 | She felt a frisson of gratitude at his thoughtfulness ; then , reminded absurdly of Ethel ( who had not so much wanted to be a bridesmaid , as to be asked ) : It is not that I look forward to it , she thought , if Frank was anything to go by , but at least I would expect to be , tonight , a little irresistible … |
| 10 | And it is n't that we do n't understand ; |
| 11 | It is n't that we have n't any standards left in my time ; it 's just that they 're different , do n't you see that ? |
| 12 | ‘ If I do n't talk to you about your father , Alex , it is n't that I 've forgotten him , but Mr Morgan would n't like it . ’ |
| 13 | That it is n't that you 've got up on the wrong side or eaten something which did n't agree with you or just need a few days ' rest . |
| 14 | It is n't that you get any bigger to fit the world , the world gets smaller to fit you . |