Example sentences of "[adv] [that] i [verb] it [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not that I mean it to be a breathless race , but rather that I somehow do n't see life in an ordinary manner , not even this sere and monotonous existence in Africa ; granted , it browns me off sometimes , but I do pretty well on the whole ; and if I can still enjoy this incredibly austere and disciplined life , how much more shall we not enjoy life together ? |
| 2 | ‘ Yes , not that I knew it at the time , of course , else I 'd never have gone . ’ |
| 3 | He 's trying to make out that I gave it to him when I gave him a spoonful of that … stuff … |
| 4 | Not every day , nor as often as I would wish , but I took my middle daughter to see it yesterday and we hugged it together , and two days before that I hugged it with a friend . |
| 5 | It had been running through my thoughts so often that I knew it by heart , yet now I was suddenly afraid that I might do the wrong thing ! |