Example sentences of "be [not/n't] [that] [pers pn] do " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It is not that we do n't like banks , just , well , I 've never even had a personal overdraft . ’ |
| 2 | When Sly Stallone ( wearing , these days , more eye-liner than Sophia Loren ) is up there , playing it for laughs on the set , the worst thing is not that you do n't laugh , but that you feel anxious for him . |
| 3 | It is not that he does n't care , just that his sense of values are different — not better , not worse , just different . |
| 4 | ‘ It is not that I do n't long for my former mate , But because of you I wo n't reach my flock . ’ |
| 5 | It is not that she does not know what to say , it is that there is not enough time to say all she knows . |
| 6 | ‘ It 's not that we do n't love each other , ’ explained Louise . |
| 7 | ‘ It 's not that we do n't believe you , Mr Blufton , it 's just that what you said was a bit of a surprise . ’ |
| 8 | Er , a knowledge but erm , I would have to move that we can not accept this recommendation because , it 's not that we do n't er support the scheme within this paper , but it 's that we can not accept . |
| 9 | It 's not that we did n't get on together , it 's just we had nothing in common . |
| 10 | It 's not that he did n't say it , but he was somewhere else at the time , and he just heard the bit of it , he heard the back end of it . |
| 11 | I was just going to say that I 'm sure he it 's not that he did n't take it seriously . |
| 12 | It 's not that you did n't want the ball . |
| 13 | ‘ It 's not that I do n't want to say anything but I just do n't know what to say , ’ John Ryan , the Welsh coach , sighed . |
| 14 | It 's not that I do n't try — I do . |
| 15 | ‘ It 's not that I do n't care . |
| 16 | It 's not that I do n't want your company . |
| 17 | It 's not that I do n't want to … |
| 18 | ‘ It 's not that I do n't want to be with you , Julia . |
| 19 | Do n't get me wrong , Loretta , ’ he added , ‘ It 's not that I do n't like her . |
| 20 | ‘ Listen , it 's not that I do n't trust you , but … |
| 21 | Ca can I just say one thing , though , if you me nip out , it 's not that I do n't want to listen to this , er , it 's in connection with the property er worries that er , Geoffrey said , I 've got to sign a lot of er , arm twisting letters , which I , they want me to sign today , so if I can take five minutes out to sign those , I hope you will not feel I 'm trying to er skive off , as it were . |
| 22 | Yeah well I do , I do n't , it 's not that I do n't talk to them about it but I mean I 'm pretty open with my mother and father |
| 23 | it 's not that I do n't wan na do it , it 's |
| 24 | it 's not smooth , it 's not that I do n't think it does . |
| 25 | It 's not that I do n't wann it . |
| 26 | I think they are still claiming well it 's not that I did n't know , but anyway Ken |
| 27 | I think still claiming well it 's not that I did n't know , but anyway er Ken |
| 28 | And it is n't that we do n't understand ; |
| 29 | ‘ You see , the problem is n't that I do n't want to pay you your salary . |
| 30 | It was not that they did n't know about the brain . |