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 ! |