Example sentences of "[noun sg] [be] [not/n't] [conj] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | My Dear Boy , my greatest fear is not that I shall never again touch you , but that when I return I shall no longer be able to hear your voice . |
| 2 | For example , I might decide the angle of light on my desk is not as I require it on the basis of assessing the illumination and the lamp which is the source of it . |
| 3 | ‘ Question is not if I shoot someone , but when I shoot someone , ’ says John . |
| 4 | The reason I packed in the charity job was n't because I did n't sympathise . |
| 5 | The reason is not that I now disagree with the stance I took ten years ago , but that in this past decade my own understanding of the work of the Holy Spirit in the individual and in the Church has greatly developed , and the whole charismatic or renewal movement , then comparatively young , has matured enormously within the life of the Church at large . |
| 6 | If the world was not as I perceived it then it was possible that I was not damned . |
| 7 | ‘ You see , the problem is n't that I do n't want to pay you your salary . |
| 8 | ‘ D' you know , the first time I tasted melon was n't till I was well over twenty ? |