Example sentences of "be not [noun] that [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And it were n't Brian that sent it . |
| 2 | It is not religion that drives it , or theory ; and the rejection of Marxism now looks , in retrospect , like an inevitable part of its natural growth . |
| 3 | It 's not hunger that brought you , I know . |
| 4 | For , after all , it was not humility that restrained her from believing herself to be at first sight infinitely interesting , for she believed herself to be the equal even of Clelia Denham : it was simply a deference to the law of probability . |
| 5 | It was not wickedness that led him into crime but a cheerfully impulsive nature and an almost complete lack of reasoning power . |
| 6 | It was not life that connected them so firmly , but death . |
| 7 | This time , however , it was not indecision that held him , but relief — relief at not having to play a role any more . |
| 8 | It was not compunction that restrained him , but an inherent sense of economy that objected to seeing time and effort and pain squandered uselessly . |
| 9 | Yet it was not God that kept me going but my critics . |
| 10 | She realized that it was not shame that made it cower , but further fear . |
| 11 | But it was not bashfulness that made her avert her eyes ; it was a deeper , stronger feeling : one that she tried to hide not only from the watchful T'ang , but from herself . |
| 12 | But it was n't duty that took her from her bed creeping down the stairs . |