Example sentences of "not that [pers pn] [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not that they had anything against the original character or film ; far from it . |
| 2 | Not that they had anything against cats as cats , but witches were believed to take the form of cats , so it was all quite reasonable , really . ’ |
| 3 | It 's not that I 've anything against audiences , it 's just that when they 're a blur they 're so friendly — just one big smiley mess . |
| 4 | Not that I 've anything against Americans ; far from it . |
| 5 | Not that I mean it to be a breathless race , but rather that I somehow do n't see life in an ordinary manner , not even this sere and monotonous existence in Africa ; granted , it browns me off sometimes , but I do pretty well on the whole ; and if I can still enjoy this incredibly austere and disciplined life , how much more shall we not enjoy life together ? |
| 6 | ‘ Yes , not that I knew it at the time , of course , else I 'd never have gone . ’ |
| 7 | Not that I knew anything about the area of course . |
| 8 | Not that I have anything against ugliness . |
| 9 | Not that I have anything against gas fitters but I do think that to do what I did at 15 takes a bit more courage . |
| 10 | It 's not that I have anything against them per se , of course . |
| 11 | Not that I wanted you to be my lover . |
| 12 | Not that I expect someone like you to ’ |
| 13 | Not that I expect you to be so baby-besotted as the people round here — with good cause , of course , as Ewan has to be a paragon ! |
| 14 | In 1930 the moral majority ( not that it knew itself by that name in those days ) hit back against what it saw as the growing licentiousness and depravity of the movie industry and introduced a production code that all film producers would be required to adhere to . |
| 15 | Not that it stopped her from gobbling up every cultural titbit dropped before her . |
| 16 | Not that he 'd anything against that . |
| 17 | Not that she knew anything about washing . |
| 18 | ( Not that she had anything against Greenpeace . |
| 19 | Not that she had anything against him . |
| 20 | Not that she had anything against the vicar personally , though it had been hard to forgive his refusal of her request for an ‘ Animals ’ Sunday' to which people might bring their pets to be blessed . |
| 21 | He did n't love her , of course , not that she expected him to , but he had n't been backward in the lovemaking department , had he ? |
| 22 | And it is not that she knows me to be bad or weak , or you either , but her conventional mind could not grasp that a thing so often impure , can be made absolutely and perfectly pure . |
| 23 | It was n't that she had anything against him personally ; he was a charming and clever man , dedicated to his school , an entrepreneur who was using the fruits of his success to fulfil a lifetime 's dream — and good luck to him , she thought . |
| 24 | It was n't that she wanted him to be here with her . |