Example sentences of "[not/n't] that [pron] [verb] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not that we deserve it anyway . |
| 2 | ‘ It 's not that we think it 's wrong to have girl-friends , we just choose not to at the moment . |
| 3 | Not that we want it , just the number , that 's fine . |
| 4 | You reckon not , not with the cut , it 's , well not that I know it 's , it 's got two |
| 5 | 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 ? |
| 6 | Not that I hope it does . |
| 7 | Parting you from Jones that time does n't seem to have curtailed your ongoing little adventure — not that I thought it would . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Yes , not that I knew it at the time , of course , else I 'd never have gone . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Not that I find it easy to deny what everyone else in Europe apparently finds truthful . |
| 10 | Not that I gave it serious thought . |
| 11 | Not that I do it , I mean if I tried to read all that stuff , I 'd never leave home but I mean they actually give a a an advice list which we can then comply with . |
| 12 | Alain had walked all over her excuses and her call to Glyn had left her quite at Alain 's mercy — not that he knew it . |
| 13 | Not that he showed it . |
| 14 | Not that he begrudged it : ‘ despite our hard times , we 're not quibbling about when to do it . |
| 15 | ‘ Not that you deserve it , ’ she added . |
| 16 | ‘ Not that you deserve it . ’ |
| 17 | Not that you need it . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Your age has nothing to do with it , ’ George said , and then remembered to add , ‘ Not that you look it . ’ |
| 19 | Not that you believe it . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Not that she deserved it , the naughty girl . ’ |
| 21 | Not that she left it there . |
| 22 | She told us that she made some toast , but not that she ate it . |
| 23 | Not that she read it ; it was just easier to bury her face in its glossy pages than to have to endure Nicolo 's stony-faced silence . |
| 24 | Not that she accepts it . |
| 25 | She did not insist on his taking his meals upstairs , any more ; and he did some of the hard work in the garden — not that she acknowledged it , mind you . |