Example sentences of "it [is] not [pos pn] [noun] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It 's not their assets that are getting knocked off . |
| 2 | But when I do n't sleep , it 's not my conscience that 's keeping me awake . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ It 's not my fault that these people do n't understand what dancing is . |
| 4 | And it 's not my fault that women have periods , ’ finished Matt . |
| 5 | Then , seeking for an even more telling shot , ‘ And it 's not my fault that you 're so … so weak-willed that you 're incapable of keeping your word . ’ |
| 6 | What can I do though , Karen , it 's not my fault that I love it , surely ? |
| 7 | Because everybody in that meeting was thinking about blaming other people they were actually trying to say it 's not my fault that thing come in , it 's not my fault that things are like this , it 's somebody else 's fault in a different organisation . |
| 8 | I 'm glad it 's not my body that is actually touching their bodies . |
| 9 | ‘ It 's not your isolation that concerns me , ’ he informed her drily . |
| 10 | It 's not your fault that he 's ill . |
| 11 | But Wood said afterwards : ‘ It 's not our problem that the men are in a worse predicament than the women . ’ |
| 12 | It 's not his compositions that interest me but more his attention to detail . |
| 13 | It 's not his spirit that 's doing it , it is the same person that the disciples spoke to when they walked the streets of Palestine , it is the same person that went around healing the sick , it is the same person that was born in the , in the manger at Bethlehem , he is now , after having died , been raised again by the power of the trying God had , he is now ascended back into heaven , in glorified form , and he is there interceding , representing you and me before his father there in heaven . |
| 14 | But it is not their wish that I put myself into their shoes , rather than living free and wishing that for them also . |
| 15 | They drive me to distraction : at first I refuse to fight back , on the grounds that life is sacred and it is not their fault that they are mosquitos , but I eventually join in the swatting that punctuates the quiet every so often . |
| 16 | It is not your partner that needs changing . |
| 17 | It is not my experience that physical hardship ‘ brings out the best in a man ’ . |
| 18 | It is not my fault that your godmother chose to cut you out . ’ |
| 19 | Then he looked up and appealed to the tomb with a traditional boatman 's chant : " It is not our will that we sail past , O Father . |
| 20 | We are doing our jobs , it is not our fault that the Board Members and the government can not do theirs , but as usual it is always the workforce who are suffering . |
| 21 | The child needs to know that it is not his fault that everyone is so upset and that someone has died and he is not being punished . |