Example sentences of "was [not/n't] that [pers pn] had " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was not that I had abandoned the political book : it was that the mounting gravity of current events had turned my interests from theory to practice . |
| 2 | It was not that she had signed under some induced misapprehension as to the nature or character of what she was signing . |
| 3 | The most astonishing aspect of the case was not that she had an understandable desire to disport herself in space , but that under the law as it stands a major general had to offer her an abject apology for the recruiting sergeant showing a welcome piece of common sense . |
| 4 | It was not that he had found the one secret place where the Author could not see him . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | It was not that he had never loved his only child . |
| 7 | You see , it was n't that they had no faith , they had faith we were saying the other week when we were dealing with this , we all have faith it 's what we do with it . |
| 8 | If it was n't that we had to develop from an egg in every generation , I do n't think that kind of conservatism would be observed . |
| 9 | " It was n't that I had a louder voice.Just more resonant . |
| 10 | It was n't that she had anything against him personally ; he was a charming and clever man , dedicated to his school , an entrepreneur who was using the fruits of his success to fulfil a lifetime 's dream — and good luck to him , she thought . |
| 11 | It was n't that she had ever made a conscious decision to play the helpless female ; she just always looked as though she was in constant need of care and attention , and over the years she had found that it was far easier to allow people to think what they liked , because whenever she tried to be assertive , or explain that she was really quite competent , no one ever believed her . |
| 12 | It was n't that she had n't tried to form relationships , but somehow they had just never amounted to anything significant . |
| 13 | It was n't that she had n't been talking to Mandy , it was just that she had let her displeasure over that application be felt for an entire week now . |