Example sentences of "not as [subord] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 His puppies do the same thing — and it 's not as if they can copy him , because they never see him .
2 It was not as if they were going out alone on the High Veld .
3 ‘ It 's not as if they 're poaching us or anything .
4 It 's not as if they say to their kids : ‘ try to the best of your ability . ’
5 However , it 's not as if they 've erected a Chinese Wall .
6 Not as if they were in pain but very quietly and evenly , as if out of some dreadful and hopeless despair .
7 Chords based on whole-tones can occur in many other systems , even in diatonic harmony ( e.g. the ninth chord G , B , F , A ) , but of course they sound perfectly in place and not as if they have merely been temporarily extracted from the whole-tone system .
8 Not as if they were old friends , but as if there was no reason on earth why , given time , they could n't be .
9 It 's not as if they get much study done the last week or so anyway . ’
10 ’ It 's not as if they would add up to a great sum . ’
11 After all , hinges do n't last for ever and it 's not as if they were trying to cram a bulky parcel through a small space , just a slim package .
12 It 's not as if they 've done anything very unusual now , is it ? ’
13 It 's not as if they were going to be chucked out .
14 It 's not as if they were a modern matched set that could be re-sold . ’
15 I mean , I suppose what the others were doing was illegal , but it 's not as if they were forcing anyone to take the stuff .
16 it 's not as , it 's not as , it 's not as if they 're right in that corner as you come in from , from er Farnsfield , a a a as Mike said there 's a twenty foot fe hedge there , which is going to be kept .
17 ‘ I like to think passengers leave one of my classes feeling fit and ready for anything , not as if they 've personally helped dig the Channel tunnel !
18 After all it 's not as if they ca n't score .
19 Scotland have had disruptions to their scrummaging routines this week though , as both McGeechan and Dixon reasoned , it is not as if they have had to fuse any newcomers to the pack , where Peter Wright 's sabbatical to loosehead worked well against the French .
20 And it 's not as if they made money every time they moved , 'cos they have n't , 'cos they lost money on that 'ouse , there .
21 it 's not as if they 're having nothing .
22 It 's not as if they could read the Radio Times and see
23 ‘ Oh do go on , ’ Harriet hovers above , laughing , ‘ it 's not as if we did n't all know how virtuous you feel . ’
24 It 's not as if we 're like bus drivers or air traffic controllers .
25 Co-producer Robert Relea hit back : ‘ It 's not as if we like working nights . ’
26 After all , it 's not as if we have n't been forewarned . ’
27 It is not as if we can give young people a ration of knowledge that they can draw on throughout their careers .
28 It 's not as if we 're near my rooms .
29 It is not as if we NEED the money , just another case of the directors lining their pockets .
30 ‘ It is not as if we will be stuck with lorry traffic for the next three years we will be stuck with it for ever more .
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