Example sentences of "be [not/n't] [that] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not that I wore sleeveless blouses they were always long sleeved and not Choli 's either but even then they disliked it . |
| 2 | ‘ It is not that I am in favour of it , it is what is happening . |
| 3 | It is not that I am heartless . |
| 4 | as if reading her thoughts , Mrs Browning then said , ‘ It is not that I am afraid of dying , you know . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | It is not that I have no reason to submit to the moral law and can do as I please ; I am left with no reason even to do as I please . |
| 7 | It is not that I inferred from the resemblance in shape that it was a man , until I began to doubt I was not thinking about it at all . |
| 8 | It is not that I am inferring information about him by analogy ; without the incipient mimicry I would not be perceiving him as a man , would be seeing him as an automaton only outwardly resembling myself . |
| 9 | ‘ It is not that I have n't got time for girls . |
| 10 | I have been accused of favouring Transworld in the past , so I feel I must defend myself and say that it is not that I love Transworld so much as that I admire success . |
| 11 | She felt a frisson of gratitude at his thoughtfulness ; then , reminded absurdly of Ethel ( who had not so much wanted to be a bridesmaid , as to be asked ) : It is not that I look forward to it , she thought , if Frank was anything to go by , but at least I would expect to be , tonight , a little irresistible … |
| 12 | ‘ It is not that I do n't long for my former mate , But because of you I wo n't reach my flock . ’ |
| 13 | It is not that I have forgotten what other people are like . |
| 14 | It is not that I am not eligible , |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | It 's not that I want to offend you or anything , I … ’ |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | ‘ 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 . |
| 19 | It 's not that I do n't try — I do . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | It 's not that I am fearful of telling the truth , but the reader might be offended . |
| 23 | ‘ It 's not that I do n't care . |
| 24 | It 's not that I do n't want your company . |
| 25 | I said my say : ‘ It 's not that I 'm angry with you , or that you 've done anything wrong . |
| 26 | It 's not that I want to play the most difficult things ; I really do n't . |
| 27 | It 's not that I do n't want to … |
| 28 | ‘ It 's not that I 'm afraid of living in a strange place , Ruth . |
| 29 | ‘ Oh , it 's not that I think myself better , not a bit . |
| 30 | 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 . |