Example sentences of "[not/n't] [that] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not that today 's graduates have especially high expectations , they just want work . |
| 2 | ‘ Not that again … you never give up , do you ? |
| 3 | ‘ Not that again , ’ he groaned , ‘ but do you really prefer the rose to diamonds ? |
| 4 | ‘ Not that again , pray ! |
| 5 | He 's against rummaging in one 's past — not that even he would use that term for A la Récherche though he really detests the style . |
| 6 | Long — well , perhaps not that long-ago , in a drowsy Melbourne suburb called Surrey Hills , where Christmas came but once a year and the rest of the time there was the telly , you could say life was dull . |
| 7 | I reckon that our family covers just about every area , I mean , my silly wee sister gets all the little ones ' news — not that very much happens there . |
| 8 | This book is the true story of a decade in which physical and mental torture became so common that the wonder is not that so many were killed or driven to kill themselves but that so many more survived . |
| 9 | They just are n't that damned perfect , ’ I said . |