Example sentences of "be [not/n't] that you [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | It is not that you have to be ‘ good ’ , just stop believing you are ‘ bad ’ . |
| 3 | When you have finished the novel it is not that you have really finished it , but that you have decided to do no more work on it . |
| 4 | ‘ It 's not that you need them . |
| 5 | Well plus plus the fact that erm it 's not that you have n't got one , or it 's not that we 'd need you to drive it 's that you 're denying us the privilege of being able to send you . |
| 6 | It 's not that you have n't got , or a black skirt or something . |
| 7 | It is n't that you get any bigger to fit the world , the world gets smaller to fit you . |
| 8 | That it is n't that you 've got up on the wrong side or eaten something which did n't agree with you or just need a few days ' rest . |