Example sentences of "not that [pers pn] [verb] [to-vb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not that I want to look as if I shop at Next , or look cute , or anything , it 's just that I ca n't afford to dress the way I 'd like to . |
| 2 | Not that she dared to hope for a reference from this place ! |
| 3 | If it was n't that we had to develop from an egg in every generation , I do n't think that kind of conservatism would be observed . |
| 4 | It was n't that she wanted to work in a sex shop but that she needed work of some kind . |
| 5 | It was n't that she wanted to think about him , but he was as easy to ignore as an earthquake . |