Example sentences of "not [adv] [that] i " in BNC.

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1 ‘ No , idiot — not so that I can steal them .
2 Not only that I 've got ta fit in like the children as well .
3 And I I er and not only that I used to say to teachers well if if they 'd ask him about and if he had anything er er and he 'd be bored .
4 Yeah but not only that I mean , if they get paid double time everywhere else why should we be any bloody different ?
5 But not only that I mean it 's New Year 's Eve , everybody else is bloody getting drunk and enjoying themselves and you 're stuck doing the bloody bar .
6 it 's not that , it 's , it 's next door but not only that I mean friends , my friends I mean
7 I 'm sorry I told ya and not only that I bought that camera the other week did n't I ?
8 Said not , not only that I said we do n't have anywhere to park her car that 's why I said I 'm after your car park .
9 as I say she 'd have everything down , I think I , she definitely needs a big house , but not only that I mean she has to put everything up like
10 Conversely , to say ‘ It hurts ’ conveys the information , not merely that I spontaneously flinch from the sensation , but that I am sharply aware of it .
11 It was not just that I was alone in the middle of the enemy .
12 It 's not often that I can say a piece of equipment is inspiring , but reviewing the A2 actually got me coming up with some ideas that I just had to get on tape .
13 It is not often that I receive ‘ fan'-letters , and I always acknowledge them unless they are impertinent , or have obviously been written by lunatics .
14 IT 'S not often that I am moved to feel genuine sympathy for a Cabinet Minister , let alone Norman Lamont .
15 Darrel , Darrel and Tom and that , I mean er who , are er erm if you look at them though they 're , they 're not really that I , I , I ca n't cope with it cos I , I 'm just calmer than that and I ca n't cope with
16 However , the problem is that , if this is true , there is nothing whatever that I , in my capacity as a subject of experiences , can coherently and unequivocally say about myself as a corporeal subject ( not even that I do have a body ) ; and hence that , strictly speaking , the theory itself can not be clearly stated !
17 It was n't only that I could n't lift myself off the ground but that I was stuck to it in some way .
18 Well it is n't only that I mean er we do n't provide the food when they 're at home , do we ?
19 Why do you think I brought you down to his place if it was n't so that I could stake a claim on your patience — make you listen to what I have to confess because there was no way you could run away from me — flag down a taxi , catch a bus and head for the airport ? ’
20 ‘ Still , it was n't exactly that I was thinking of , ’ the Marshal said .
21 ‘ It was n't even that I felt unhappy .
22 I do n't need to be reminded that it was the previous administration who put it in the structure plan but I also want to remind those who were n't here that I was utterly opposed to that at the time .
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