Example sentences of "not [conj] i [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 've been together eight years now — so we 're over the seven year itch , not that I had one . |
| 2 | Not that I blamed her . |
| 3 | Not that I thought he understood the music that much , but it was the image of he people behind the music , because people like Charlie Mingus are quite characters . |
| 4 | Parting you from Jones that time does n't seem to have curtailed your ongoing little adventure — not that I thought it would . ’ |
| 5 | I thought , the not that I made there was safety . |
| 6 | Yep and and he does n't seem to be able to concentrate and I said , but Neil you can drive , when you go out with me you drive beautifully yes but yours is an automatic car , I said , it 's not that I said you 've got road sense you know what you 're doing , I said your good . |
| 7 | ‘ Yes , not that I knew it at the time , of course , else I 'd never have gone . ’ |
| 8 | Not that I knew anything about the area of course . |
| 9 | Not that I fancied him before but . |
| 10 | Not that I minded her coming in every day , just did n't , not always that time . |
| 11 | ‘ Not that I wanted them to go , ’ she said . |
| 12 | Not that I wanted you to be my lover . |
| 13 | Not that I gave it serious thought . |
| 14 | Not that I bore him any personal ill-will ; it was simply that I knew he could n't stay . |
| 15 | They have they not Cos I thought they were going to buy some of these drilling machines . |
| 16 | It was not until I met my current hairdresser ( who thankfully is still in the same place three years later ! ) that I realised the importance of a good head of hair , stylishly cut , well-conditioned and subtly coloured . |
| 17 | Apart from anything else , I 've not met a girl I 'd want to spend the rest of my life with — at least , not until I met you , and Harry 's pipped me to the post . ’ |
| 18 | I 've never been jealous in my life , not until I met you . |
| 19 | Not till I had it all down on tape . ’ |
| 20 | Not because I thought I should have been picked there were at least 15 guys playing better than me but because I had n't performed as I felt I should have done . |
| 21 | I lit another cigarette from the stub of the first ( unheard-of for me ) — not because I wanted it but because I felt it might give an illusion of poise to walk into the Presence with a cigarette dangling carelessly from my lips . |
| 22 | I wanted no children of my own , not because I disliked them , although I did — my step-sister and brother were the only small children I had experience of and they aroused no feelings in me but exasperation and distaste — but because I did n't want to be a mother with the weight of life and death on me . |
| 23 | I 'd feed him and clothe him but not because I loved him . |
| 24 | THIS IS NOT because I climbed them as a child . |
| 25 | Your jewels Eachuinn Odhar gave to me , to return to you or not as I judged you innocent or guilty . |
| 26 | If the world was not as I perceived it then it was possible that I was not damned . |
| 27 | I 'm very glad you clarified that Mr because certainly I not as I heard it er and I 'm very pleased that was clarified and I think others would have felt likewise . |
| 28 | No , not when I did it . |
| 29 | And I do n't where I got I gave him quite a good sermon which I thought was y know quite erm to try and help the situation and he said I 'd give them er my conditions . |
| 30 | It was n't that I thought myself deserving of more delight than was offered the mass of mankind ( I told myself ) but that the common lot seemed so dire . |