Example sentences of "it [be] not that i " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's not that I want to offend you or anything , I … ’ |
| 2 | He frequents a seedy restaurant — ‘ You see this wretched tavern I spend all my time in , and I enjoy it , or rather it 's not that I really enjoy it , but one must have somewhere to perch ’ : this is the form which the Dostoevsky no-home takes with him , likewise the transpersonal motif first voiced by Marmeladov in this novel , that a man must have somewhere to go . |
| 3 | ‘ It 's not that I do n't want to say anything but I just do n't know what to say , ’ John Ryan , the Welsh coach , sighed . |
| 4 | It 's not that I do n't try — I do . |
| 5 | It 's not that I want to be the ideal woman ; I 'd simply like to be able to walk down a street and not even think about it . |
| 6 | It 's not that I 'm particularly unhappy with the shape of my body or with my image , it 's just that I worry all the time about what people think about me , what impression they are getting . |
| 7 | It 's not that I am fearful of telling the truth , but the reader might be offended . |
| 8 | ‘ It 's not that I do n't care . |
| 9 | It 's not that I do n't want your company . |
| 10 | I said my say : ‘ It 's not that I 'm angry with you , or that you 've done anything wrong . |
| 11 | It 's not that I want to play the most difficult things ; I really do n't . |
| 12 | It 's not that I do n't want to … |
| 13 | ‘ It 's not that I 'm afraid of living in a strange place , Ruth . |
| 14 | ‘ Oh , it 's not that I think myself better , not a bit . |
| 15 | It 's not that I 've come on my own because it 's something that is seen as just my problem , because as I said , Tom does n't seem that interested either . |
| 16 | ‘ It 's not that I want to be away from here , ’ Eve said earnestly . |
| 17 | One wrote that and then said , ‘ It 's not that I 've got anything against my husband , it 's just he 's pig ignorant . ’ ’ |
| 18 | Turns out , Deardrie , she 's applied to be an astronaut — I remember seeing the advert , asking for people to go to the moon — it 's not that I 'm jealous , but why did n't she ask me first ? |
| 19 | It 's not that I 'm a prude . |
| 20 | It 's not that I 'm against autobiographical writing I just generally do n't think it makes good , or true , fiction . |
| 21 | But it 's not that I 'm trying to distance myself because I do n't want to be linked directly with that character . |
| 22 | " Yes , it is , Butterworth , Clibber , it 's not that I doubt you , but I want to see for myself . |
| 23 | It 's not that I 'm denying the validity of acting , it 's just that it 's not as important to me . |
| 24 | Yeah it 's not that I 'm worried about . |
| 25 | ‘ It 's not that I either like or dislike it , ’ said Stella , ‘ I just do n't see what good it does . ’ |
| 26 | It 's not that I admire the look as such , |
| 27 | It 's not that I 'm against them in their place , |
| 28 | ‘ It 's not that I do n't want to be with you , Julia . |
| 29 | That would all … it 's not that I … quite the opposite … it 's just … ’ |
| 30 | It 's not that I begrudge you your father 's royalties . |