Example sentences of "not that [pron] [verb] any [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The reason for setting out these reservations at such length is not that we have any doubts about the value to consumers of credit cost information .
2 Not that I 've any complaints about your two , do n't mistake me .
3 Not that I 've any complaints on that score , ’ he added .
4 Not that I 've any time for him any longer — going on like that when his poor wife was near her time . ’
5 Not that I 've any time for that widow of his .
6 I even took its number just to prove how professional I was , not that I had any idea how it could help .
7 Not that I had any idea what his present salary was .
8 Not that I had any doubts on the score , ’ Penry assured her as they set off towards Haverfordwest .
9 No way could a person eat something like that — not that I had any intention of killing and consuming the poor creature , now that my eyes had been opened .
10 Not that I knew any foreigners , though I recall thinking that there were two kinds .
11 Not that it made any difference to the dead .
12 Not that it makes any difference . ’
13 Not that it makes any difference , ’ Trent had agreed .
14 Not that it makes any difference .
15 Not that he harboured any sympathy for that foolish act .
16 He was running away — not that he had any need .
17 Not that he wished any harm to Rose , and it was n't as if she would be on her own because , being the wife of Peter , and he the stable man , she was well set in their cottage .
18 Not that he has any ambitions to be thought high-brow .
19 His doctor constantly suggested to him the benefits of sun and sea air ( not that he needed any encouragement to visit the sea , since it still evoked for him the happiest memories ) , and in July they travelled , with Eliot 's sister who had come from America , to the Isle of Wight for two weeks .
20 He did n't mind telling her in no uncertain terms to keep her distance from him , not that she had any inclination to do anything else , but obviously felt no compulsion to obey those rules when applied to himself .
21 She thinks I let Norman down somehow by marrying a plumber — not that she has any job at all !
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