Example sentences of "not that [pron] 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's not that anyone 's going to whip me if I do n't do it — but I know there 's going to be double the quantity tomorrow , so really I 'm just beating my own brow . |
| 2 | ‘ Not that anyone 's going to come anyway at the moment . |
| 3 | Not that it 's boring , just depressing . |
| 4 | Not that it 's that easy to shop for clothes , that 's why most disabled girls end up wearing what people have given them . |
| 5 | The trouble with that stuff is not that it 's bad , but that it 's not bad enough . |
| 6 | Not that it 's so very surprising . |
| 7 | Techno of the most pathetic kind , with squealing , oh so excited vocals that will sound familiar to anyone who remembers Bow Wow Wow , not that it 's Ms Louise Wynne , so far as I can gather . |
| 8 | It 's not that it 's anyone 's fault , Mr Holly , you must n't think that . |
| 9 | Not that it 's any of your business . ’ |
| 10 | Not that it 's impossible — indeed , it 's rather the sort of thing Oliver might do — but I 've somehow stopped believing most of what he says . |
| 11 | then it is , it does , it 's not that it 's invalid , it 's not that it 's , it ca n't be , it 's purely it 's , infinite . |
| 12 | then it is , it does , it 's not that it 's invalid , it 's not that it 's , it ca n't be , it 's purely it 's , infinite . |
| 13 | Not that it 's any of your damned business . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I thought , ’ she said , ignoring her father 's advice to treat him with kid gloves , ‘ not that it 's any business of yours , that I might potter into Nice for the day . ’ |
| 15 | It 's not that it 's patronising in any way — it is n't — it 's just that there are lots of words describing a simple process . |
| 16 | ( Not that it 's anybody 's business , but even a dybbuk needs to have some downtime . |
| 17 | ‘ For your information — not that it 's any of your damned business , of course , ’ he replied quietly , ‘ but I have never , nor will I ever , go to bed with Melissa . ’ |
| 18 | She tilted a defiant chin at him , ‘ From a friend — not that it 's any concern of yours . |
| 19 | Not that it 's ‘ the mark ’ in a register that 's important but if you 're teaching something that 's worthwhile there 's progress presumably being made . |
| 20 | Thirdly there 's the old objection of participatory democracy that it simply takes up too much time and this is not a trivial objection , because the thought is not that it 's simply time-consuming , but because it 's so |
| 21 | It 's a meagre earn , no no it 's not that it 's a very good way to make money . |
| 22 | So you can see what you go into the master bedroom there 's a man and a woman in bed , is n't it obvious in a second that it 's not that it 's Mr and Mrs ? |
| 23 | ‘ Not that it 's any of your damn business , but I 've had glandular fever . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Tara is madly in love with you , not that it 's any of my business , ’ she countered icily . |
| 25 | ‘ Well , she 's here , so she must think there is some chance of patching things up — not that it 's any of my business , and not that I care . ’ |
| 26 | Not that it 's any thanks to you ! ’ |
| 27 | Not that it 's much anyway , but it 's , it 's , there is a difference , and there is this pride of getting there , being one of the first six to get there , and there is quite a lot of competition , I can assure you . |
| 28 | Well no not that it 's the same ! |
| 29 | It 's not that it 's not like I mean |
| 30 | No it 's not that it 's the colour |