Example sentences of "[not/n't] [conj] i had " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not that I had any wish to be presented — I mean there is all this protocol and etiquette to be observed and I may have blundered . |
| 2 | Not that I had much , anyway . ’ |
| 3 | The theological justification behind such an approach ( not that I had necessarily thought this out at the time when I was a member of the church ) must surely be that God 's will must be held to be one with what is good , and therefore what Christianity proclaims can not differ from human ethical goods . |
| 4 | We 've been together eight years now — so we 're over the seven year itch , not that I had one . |
| 5 | No way could a person eat something like that — not that I had any intention of killing and consuming the poor creature , now that my eyes had been opened . |
| 6 | Not that I had deserted . |
| 7 | It was not that I had abandoned the political book : it was that the mounting gravity of current events had turned my interests from theory to practice . |
| 8 | Not that I had ever believed in the heart marching ahead alone . |
| 9 | Not that I had any particular reason for watching him ; I just liked doing it . |
| 10 | I even took its number just to prove how professional I was , not that I had any idea how it could help . |
| 11 | Not that I had a bad opinion of his character , ( I do n't know him ) , it is just that I feel most other clubs would not have even responded to you . |
| 12 | ‘ Not that I had any doubts on the score , ’ Penry assured her as they set off towards Haverfordwest . |
| 13 | Not that I had any idea what his present salary was . |
| 14 | ‘ Not if I had to face a helicopter journey every time I wanted to come into town , ’ he drawled , and then slowly lowered his gaze to her red mouth , murmuring , ‘ So … do you want to see the bedrooms ? ’ |
| 15 | The school-leaving age — without the exceptions opposed in 1936 by the Local Education Authorities , the National Union of Teachers , Harold Macmillan , Walter Citrine of the TUC , and ( of course ) William Temple — was to be raised to fifteen on 1 April 1947 , and to sixteen as soon as it became practicable ( which , in the event , was not until I had completed my teaching career in secondary schools ) . |
| 16 | It was not until I had been in the camp some days that I learnt the full story of the past . |
| 17 | Not till I had it all down on tape . ’ |
| 18 | Mr but like I pretended I had to go and see him not because I had to go and see him just because I did n't wan na go to assembly really ! |
| 19 | It 's not because I had Christian parents , it 's not because I 'd some advantage over you , or you had some advantage over me , it is all of God 's graciousness , it is all of God 's giving ! |
| 20 | to back him through thick and thin , but not before I had consulted the eight or nine senior legal Members ( some of them more distinguished at the Bar than myself ) and got their promises of support . |
| 21 | Eventually my father lost inspiration with the Clough/Armfield/Stein/Adamson era , but not before I had a chance to see Leeds beat Anderlect ( 3–0 in the fog ) followed by Barcelona ( Cruyft , Neeskens , etc. 2–1 for the aging ex-Revie team to make their way to Paris in 1975 . |
| 22 | It was not as I had expected at all because living in the kind of commune that Mary Finnigan 's house was , there was n't a lot of time for romance . |
| 23 | After a terrible 15 minutes I managed to talk again to the same doctor and she explained that elevated meant they were not nought , not as I had thought , that they were going up . |
| 24 | I do n't that I had n't forgotten that I gave a |
| 25 | " It was n't that I had a louder voice.Just more resonant . |
| 26 | It was n't until I had to have a full medical two years later that I found I 'd got hookworm . |
| 27 | I had to hit him and I could n't but I had to . |
| 28 | I asked him for something to ease the pain , but he reminded me that he could n't because I had a head wound . |
| 29 | No we did n't because I had bought various things , I like antiques so does my husband , I 'd bought various things while he was away in this erm , the card table and er , I had a new place of stuff , er but since we 've been , but we had odd chairs did n't we ? |
| 30 | Cos I was Mary wanted to go and see Si Simply Red at G MEX , and last weekend we co or weekend before last when they were on , their big , er we could n't because I had the kids Friday night and the two of them Saturday night and it , that was the two nights . |