Example sentences of "not that she [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not that she regretted her action in coming home when she had — she 'd waited all afternoon , for goodness ' sake , and then some . |
| 2 | Not that she imagined she would have any difficulty finding a job . |
| 3 | Not that she believed him . |
| 4 | Not that she believed his mother was a tramp , but whatever had happened all those years ago it had obviously involved her grandfather — why else would he give her money when the child so obviously could n't have been his ? |
| 5 | ‘ Not that she deserved it , the naughty girl . ’ |
| 6 | Not that she left it there . |
| 7 | She told us that she made some toast , but not that she ate it . |
| 8 | Not that she saw me teased , but even now I can give her back you know |
| 9 | Not that she knew anything about washing . |
| 10 | Not that she blamed him , she had every sympathy with him . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | ( Not that she had anything against Greenpeace . |
| 13 | Not that she had anything against him . |
| 14 | Not that she had anything against the vicar personally , though it had been hard to forgive his refusal of her request for an ‘ Animals ’ Sunday' to which people might bring their pets to be blessed . |
| 15 | He did n't love her , of course , not that she expected him to , but he had n't been backward in the lovemaking department , had he ? |
| 16 | Not that she expected there would be . |
| 17 | Not that she accepts it . |
| 18 | Not that she begrudged her sister happiness , but it must have raised a few " if only 's " in her own mind . |
| 19 | Not that she wanted him here in bed with her , of course , she told herself quickly . |
| 20 | Not that she wanted him to contact her — perish the thought ! |
| 21 | Not that she wanted them , the flighty painted girls in the street . |
| 22 | Not that she wanted his love even now ; she did not-just his advice , just his financial acumen . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | And it is not that she knows me to be bad or weak , or you either , but her conventional mind could not grasp that a thing so often impure , can be made absolutely and perfectly pure . |
| 25 | It was n't that she had anything against him personally ; he was a charming and clever man , dedicated to his school , an entrepreneur who was using the fruits of his success to fulfil a lifetime 's dream — and good luck to him , she thought . |
| 26 | It was n't that she wanted him to be here with her . |