Example sentences of "[was/were] not to say " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was not to say that he did n't spend time with the army , lending vigorous help as the trains of oxen dragged the batteries into position , and the wagonloads of food and fodder , weapons and powder bumped fifty miles south-east from Kyrenia to where Famagusta lay , lodged in its bay , divided by ninety broad sea miles from Syria . |
| 2 | Which was not to say that he intended to be a martyr tonight , if he could help it . |
| 3 | But that was not to say that people had a right to it , that they were entitled to it . |
| 4 | said I was not to say sixteen not sixty ’ and in so doing will have lost the game . |
| 5 | This was not to say that organized and structured prayers for the dead had ceased , for the Roman Rite included plenary intercessions for the living and the dead at every mass ; the annual mass for the departed was on All Souls ' Day , a standard event in the Church 's calendar , set apart for the benefit of souls in purgatory . |
| 6 | She was a powerful woman , trained in the arts of self-defence , but that was not to say that she lacked feminine charm . |
| 7 | That was not to say that she herself thought of the films as being an easy option . |
| 8 | That was n't to say she did n't like him , because she did , but then it would be very hard not to ! |