Example sentences of "that it was [not/n't] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would be a chance to see her on neutral ground , maybe even a chance to explain that it was n't his bloody fault that Laura had shown up at the door only seconds before she herself had . |
| 2 | Leonard stayed like Breavman at the International Student 's House , from whose lofty heights he could see across New York ‘ relieved that it was n't his city , ’ in the day wandering all over New York ‘ to stare and taste at will . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ That it was n't his fault . |
| 4 | He was glad that it was n't his job to catch the Whistler . |
| 5 | Watching the event on TV it was clear that it was n't his putter that was the problem . |
| 6 | Pot ‘ Mr Major 's first comment when he finally emerged blinking from the air raid shelter last week was to protest that it was n't his fault — it was the markets that were irrational . |
| 7 | Yet she asked again , and this time , though his mind was stewed in bliss , the tiny voice of reason murmured that it was n't his lady who was asking the question at all , but the woman on the telephone . |
| 8 | It came back , like a pain , temporarily dulled by drugs , in the terrible early hours in Emily 's bed where he lay , awake and fretful , scourged by his conscience or his sense of preservation , or whatever it was he had so recklessly ignored , tensed for another screaming fit and wondering how he would explain to Brenda that it was n't his fault . |
| 9 | Oh , heavens , she thought , and tried to discount a dreadful feeling that it was n't his secretary so much that he was furious to see , but her ! |
| 10 | Mr Wilcock told the bench that Mr Smith was not a cruel man , and that it was not his intention to cause his animals suffering . |
| 11 | But as to what [ the gentleman ] observes concerning Stephen Duck , I am of Opinion , that it was not his Situation , but the Royal Favour , which gained the Country over to his Side ; and therefore I think it needless to paint the Life of a Person , who depends more upon the Curiosity of the World , than its Good nature |
| 12 | Not only is this virtually impossible ( and improbable ) in cases of injury — fatal or otherwise — to employees or the public , but in cases of financial irregularities it is always open for the suspect(s) to plead that it was not his intention to defraud shareholders , indeed even though he engaged in what appears to be financially irregular practices , his intention all along had been to improve shareholders ' financial interests , but unfortunately due to unforeseeable circumstances , matters went sour . |
| 13 | ‘ I 'm sure my husband wo n't mind me saying that it was not his wealth which made us all respect him — although I 've heard my husband say many a time that the wealth of Mr D'Arcy of Moss Side by Manchester was of an enormity to make the sultans and pashas of the East take note — but it was not for that , not at all , that we , all of us who knew of him … ’ |
| 14 | His only regret was that it was not his old friend the female golden eagle who had escaped . |
| 15 | But if his defence is that it was not his intention to cause fear of violence or to provoke its use , his conduct might still come within the ambit of the subsection by virtue of its latter part . |
| 16 | So there was nothing different " about that save that years later I found out that it was not his log hook at all . |
| 17 | It was that which made his anger so violent : the knowledge that it was not his alone ; that it was shared and felt by thousands upon thousands of others , rich and poor , strong and weak , man and woman , parent and child , all around the world . |