Example sentences of "not that [pers pn] be [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not that we 're resting on our laurels . |
| 2 | No I 'm not , no it 's not that I 'm thinking of . |
| 3 | Bob Simpson believes a bad trot is always about to end — not that it is bound to be extended . |
| 4 | What is incontrovertible is only that I had it , not that it was caused by anything ‘ out there ’ beyond my experience . |
| 5 | Not that it was going to be easy to improve on the earlier filmed interview when , asked why he rarely practised in the nets , he replied : ‘ I do n't like confined spaces . ’ |
| 6 | J. went off to another station at one point for a two week course on shoe repairing and general leatherwork — not that he was thinking of setting up in business as a cobbler , but figuring that a free training on any practical skill was worth having . |
| 7 | ‘ It shows you 're a demonstrative , caring person — not that you 're starved of love . ’ |
| 8 | Not that she 's complaining about that , of course . ’ |
| 9 | Not that she 's sleeping at Clare 's are we ? |
| 10 | Not that she was acquainted with many . |
| 11 | Not that she was admitting to anything more definite than a quiver of tingling excitement every time he came near her , of course . |
| 12 | The calculations would seem a lunatic fantasy if it was n't that they were produced by an organization which then occupied the centre stage of British energy policy . |