Example sentences of "not [conj] [pron] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You have to care for them , which means starting from where they are in life , not where you want them to be , and taking their lives and lack of belief seriously . |
| 2 | You could also erm , start to recognize the benefit of the rural sector , and one reason why they were discriminating , L D Cs tended to want to ignore that and sort of shun it , because it 's not sort of a glamorous image they were trying to hope for in the urban sector , and , so , if they did help them , say give them units , like the repair men , units to work in , and they put them in really totally crappy accommodation , and up not where you need it , and not where people pass by with their motors and things , they , they 'd put them somewhere up on a hill , overlooking a city , so erm , to encourage the informal sector by erm , sort of on a par with the formal sector because erm , their inter- reacting , inter-relating now , like they 're providing cheap inputs for the formal industries and , and the formal industries are pro providing clientele all for the informal sector , and so it 's all inter-linked and , and it 's there now . |
| 3 | It 's not that they need them , it 's because they know everyone else has got them . |
| 4 | Not that we deserve it anyway . |
| 5 | Not that we knew you were coming but |
| 6 | ‘ It 's not that we think it 's wrong to have girl-friends , we just choose not to at the moment . |
| 7 | Not that we want it , just the number , that 's fine . |
| 8 | You reckon not , not with the cut , it 's , well not that I know it 's , it 's got two |
| 9 | I never forget a face — ( He looks into the SPY 's face ) … not that I know yours that is . |
| 10 | Well it 's , it 's not that I mean I 'm just trying to see |
| 11 | 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 ? |
| 12 | It 's not that I begrudge you your father 's royalties . |
| 13 | ‘ I said I was subject to them , not that I let them rule me ! ’ |
| 14 | Not that I hope it does . |
| 15 | Not that I blamed her . |
| 16 | Not that I thought he understood the music that much , but it was the image of he people behind the music , because people like Charlie Mingus are quite characters . |
| 17 | Parting you from Jones that time does n't seem to have curtailed your ongoing little adventure — not that I thought it would . ’ |
| 18 | " Yes , it is , Butterworth , Clibber , it 's not that I doubt you , but I want to see for myself . |
| 19 | Yep and and he does n't seem to be able to concentrate and I said , but Neil you can drive , when you go out with me you drive beautifully yes but yours is an automatic car , I said , it 's not that I said you 've got road sense you know what you 're doing , I said your good . |
| 20 | ‘ Yes , not that I knew it at the time , of course , else I 'd never have gone . ’ |
| 21 | Ltd. v. B.O.A.C. [ 1955 ] A.C. 169 , 191 , Lord Reid stated that if the arguments are fairly evenly balanced ( not that I believe they are in this case ) , that interpretation should be chosen which involves the least alteration of the existing law . |
| 22 | ‘ Not that I find it easy to deny what everyone else in Europe apparently finds truthful . |
| 23 | She 's not that I think she 'll know how upset she is . |
| 24 | Mrs Fleming 's … well , she 's quite fat , and she looks a lot older than Mr Fleming — not that I think he 's about to do a Mr Rochester , stick her up the Loft nor nothing ! |
| 25 | Not that I think he 'll feel like doing much of anything for a few hours , anyway . ’ |
| 26 | Not that I fancied him before but . |
| 27 | ‘ Not that I mind 'er pullin' me leg , I 'm just thankful you ai n't beatin' 'er black an' blue , it upset me when — ’ The landlady stopped . |
| 28 | Edwin was a crafty old so-andso and he did n't like his children very much — not that I blame him — so I thought I 'd better get the beneficiaries together and explain . |
| 29 | Not that I want you to agree with your colleague , but check perhaps , particularly for a bearing yourself . |
| 30 | Not that I minded her coming in every day , just did n't , not always that time . |