Example sentences of "it [be] [not/n't] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | If it were n't that a judge has to decide a case , quite a few of Edward 's legal opinions would probably end in a question mark . ’ |
| 2 | Afterwards Jared Tunstall had said to her mama , ‘ It was a question of a little hustler meeting a big one , and if it were n't that he has hurt Sally-Anne so badly I could almost admire the swine for his gall . |
| 3 | He said on the old shillings I want Neil 's bed but it were n't that cos he 's bit of a fun to , you know , you know |
| 4 | The then Lord Chief Justice in 1980 commented that , If it were not that a high proportion of cases are compromised long before they reach court the administration of justice would soon grind to a halt ; the courts would be overwhelmed by the volume of work . ’ |
| 5 | It 's not that I want to offend you or anything , I … ’ |
| 6 | He frequents a seedy restaurant — ‘ You see this wretched tavern I spend all my time in , and I enjoy it , or rather it 's not that I really enjoy it , but one must have somewhere to perch ’ : this is the form which the Dostoevsky no-home takes with him , likewise the transpersonal motif first voiced by Marmeladov in this novel , that a man must have somewhere to go . |
| 7 | It 's not that he ceases altogether to be the eternal student , but that he becomes reshaped and misshaped into an aberration . |
| 8 | It 's not that Shatov is somehow proved right and Mrs Virginsky wrong about new life and ( by implication ) God , but that the most natural hope begins to stir in the merely legal father 's heart ; so it would be pompous and artificial to go on talking about futurity , this is the future in the mind 's eye of one rejoicing man : shared , beautiful , fragile ; and the whole novel seems braced to tear itself free of the devils possessing it : |
| 9 | ‘ It 's not that I do n't want to say anything but I just do n't know what to say , ’ John Ryan , the Welsh coach , sighed . |
| 10 | It 's not that Malcolm was a father-figure to us — as some have said — he was more like an elder brother who 'd actually been out there in the world and done it so he had the confidence and experience . |
| 11 | It 's not that he wants to stop them going to the toilet , we 've got to persuade these people to do it on a stagger basis … |
| 12 | It 's not that I do n't try — I do . |
| 13 | And often it 's not that they never had anywhere to live , it 's just that they could n't cope with the responsibilities and the isolation of living on their own . |
| 14 | ‘ To a farmer it 's an anathema not to produce on his land and therefore it 's not that he is not being responsible in meeting the challenges . ’ |
| 15 | It 's not that she 's said , ‘ No , you must n't wear make-up ’ , but all my friends do , and sometimes I feel strange because I have n't got any . |
| 16 | It 's not that I want to be the ideal woman ; I 'd simply like to be able to walk down a street and not even think about it . |
| 17 | It 's not that I 'm particularly unhappy with the shape of my body or with my image , it 's just that I worry all the time about what people think about me , what impression they are getting . |
| 18 | It 's not that I am fearful of telling the truth , but the reader might be offended . |
| 19 | But it 's not that that 's keeping him away from tomorrow 's London marathon . |
| 20 | It 's not that the jokes are not funny , but just that they are about as fresh as a tin of those pineapple chunks . |
| 21 | ‘ It 's not that I do n't care . |
| 22 | It 's not that I do n't want your company . |
| 23 | In fact it 's not that the memory is lost , so much as the person ca n't get out the facts which are stored in the memory . |
| 24 | It 's not that Binbrook was such an important station to warrant all this staff , but as the size of the RAF contracted more and more , Waafs were posted there from the closing satellite stations and at one point there were twelve of us . |
| 25 | Perhaps that 's what W O meant : it 's not that there are no faults , just that from behind the wheel of a Bentley you do n't give a damn . |
| 26 | I said my say : ‘ It 's not that I 'm angry with you , or that you 've done anything wrong . |
| 27 | It 's not that you 're deliberately staying away from London by any chance is it ? ’ |
| 28 | ‘ It 's not that you need them . |
| 29 | It 's not that I want to play the most difficult things ; I really do n't . |
| 30 | It 's not that I do n't want to … |