Example sentences of "not that [pers pn] [vb past] not " in BNC.
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| 1 | His first comment was : ‘ I have n't seen much of Matthew recently ’ — as though they had n't happened to meet in the street for a week or two — not that they had n't spoken for nearly thirty years . ’ |
| 2 | Not that they did n't work ; it just seems that teaching machines have no charisma or charm . |
| 3 | Not that they did n't have an appreciation of the arts because they were a very musical family . |
| 4 | It was not that they did n't know about the brain . |
| 5 | ‘ Not that we did n't check on Elsie , as much as we could … ’ |
| 6 | It 's not that we did n't get on together , it 's just we had nothing in common . |
| 7 | It was not that I did not love her . |
| 8 | I think they are still claiming well it 's not that I did n't know , but anyway Ken |
| 9 | I think still claiming well it 's not that I did n't know , but anyway er Ken |
| 10 | Not that it did n't work the way we did it , but it worked in a different way . ’ |
| 11 | Not that he had n't told her the story of his sainted sister Eileen , and how she died giving birth to her child . |
| 12 | And he himself had been a faithful husband , not that he had n't had his chances — of course he 'd had his chances — other supplications and wooing had come his way , more spirited too than that woman from the stationery shop . |
| 13 | Not that he had n't tried , perhaps he had tried too often . |
| 14 | Not that he did n't know its history — he had been part of it , if only as a silent witness of his brothers ' refusal to join the Fenian organisation which had started trying to recruit the young men of their day . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Not that he did n't like women . |
| 17 | I was just going to say that I 'm sure he it 's not that he did n't take it seriously . |
| 18 | It 's not that you did n't want the ball . |
| 19 | The answer she gave was not that she did n't know Mr Lawson 's stated reason for resigning , but that she found it incomprehensible . |
| 20 | Not that she did n't think her son was good enough for her , oh no ! |
| 21 | Beth was oddly relieved that she had not confided in Cissie ; not that she did n't trust the girl , but because she had never spoken to anyone about her family , or her reason for leaving them all those years ago . |
| 22 | Not that she did n't think I was really rude before . |