Example sentences of "not that [pron] [adv] [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 Not that they really needed it , as the chance of Triple Crown against England in a fortnight 's time duly materialised .
2 Not that I really expected them to ; I could hardly expect the Umpire to side with me so soon .
3 Not that I ever took them myself , because auction rings are a bit rough and noisy — places for men , really — so a kind neighbour would attend to things for me , such as arranging transport and attending the sale .
4 Not that I ever believed her — not for a moment .
5 Night porter , Q is lifts to all floor , and S is swimming pool and I know there 's a swimming pool because not that I ever used it , but ma it , it was when I booked Francis .
6 The use of special juries of merchants by Lord Mansfield to guide him on the law is well known — not that he always followed their suggestions .
7 Not that he personally knew what it was .
8 Not that he actually asked her .
9 Well , perhaps one could believe that , but not- ’ Her voice dropped further now and her head came towards Peggy , saying , ‘ Not that you never bathed her , never had bathed her , and that she got in the bath with her father every night .
10 Daphne treated them all with the same disdain , confiding in me that her one true love was still serving on the Western Front — not that she once mentioned his name in my presence .
11 There were Harvey Nichols and Harrods to browse through , not that she ever bought anything .
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