Example sentences of "it was not [conj] he " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although Glam was finally banished it was not before he had cursed his employer , saying he would ‘ see with a ghost 's sight ’ . |
| 2 | It was not that he had found the one secret place where the Author could not see him . |
| 3 | It was not that he was obviously going to be a good priest . |
| 4 | It was not that he had been dilatory in his duty of interviewing all those sent to the camp who were in any way , minor or major , special . |
| 5 | It was not that he boasted — or not very much . |
| 6 | It was not that he had never loved his only child . |
| 7 | It was not that he was n't loyal to the cause , but because he appeared to enjoy his own sense of importance too much . |
| 8 | It was not that he could not write , as he spoke , fluently and well : talking with him was one of the pleasures of life . |
| 9 | It was not that he was too sure of himself simply that he was a good judge of the possible . |
| 10 | It was not that he posed any real threat ( although he was discussing collaboration with moderate socialist exiles ) . |
| 11 | It was not because he would be embarrassed if Mrs. Hennessy knew he had a girl staying there , he told himself . |
| 12 | If Euripides brought the spectator onto the stage , it was not because he enjoyed popular favour in his lifetime . |
| 13 | If , in his paintings , Garland had sacrificed form to colour and design , it was not because he could n't draw . |
| 14 | Dr Booth was admittedly ‘ horrified by the amount of fat it carried ’ and it was not until he saw wild boar in a wild life park in France that he realised the opportunities . |
| 15 | It was not until he was climbing the stairs in front of her that Tug realized suddenly , cold and clear , why her eyes had flickered before she answered . |
| 16 | Although he could not read or write , Burke learnt fast , but it was not until he was 18 , nearly 19 , that Parrish gave him his first fight . |
| 17 | It was not until he had accepted and had received travel instructions that he found himself at Bletchley Park as part of the Enigma team reading German cypher traffic . |
| 18 | It was not until he was practically up to them , that he turned his face directly towards them . |
| 19 | It was not until he was standing on the very edge that he saw Signor Fixit . |
| 20 | IT WAS not until he could taste his own blood that Ian Norrie realised he had been slashed — the pain from the punches disguised the feeling of cold metal entering his cheek . |
| 21 | He wrote that it was not as he had pictured it as the weather was bitterly cold and wet with some snow . |