Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [pers pn] [am/are] not [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course , we sophisticated Westerners may think they are not asking for the right things . |
| 2 | I 've I 've got your range of one to six here , John , and I 'm not I must stress I 'm not singling you out — I mean your company is fairly typical of what 's happening in this area — but the main difference between one and six is that erm two and six is that number two covers for two hundred part up to two hundred pounds |
| 3 | For the sake of our service and their users we must ensure we are not overrun by those events . |
| 4 | We must ensure we are not placing a child in a family where his or her own mother may herself have been abused . |
| 5 | I well really I do n't think you should say you 're not doing enough ! |
| 6 | I 'd better set off , or I wo n't be there at the station and he 'll think I 'm not coming . |
| 7 | ‘ Well , I do n't think he 'll come back again , he 'll know we 're not going to be caught napping a second time . |
| 8 | She 'll prove I 'm not lying . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Well , we 're not polite society , lad , so tip it on to the grass and we 'll pretend we 're not locking . |
| 10 | Well you do n't know I mean you do n't know , you might say right twenty grand and then he might say oh no I 've re-considered I want twenty two and then he might say I 'm not gon na turn up . |
| 11 | Then perhaps I may believe I am not dreaming ! ’ |
| 12 | Not gaining weight could mean you 're not meeting the increased dietary needs of pregnancy , the risk being that you are more like to have a low birthweight baby . |
| 13 | But as David Bull says in his reply , even if we have misgivings about the way any campaign is handled , let's hope we are not deterred from getting on with the job in hand ! |
| 14 | Hepzibah will know I 'm not coming now it 's getting so late . |
| 15 | Erm can we just refer to the general item paper as you will see they are not set out to be resolutions will committee er by the County Councils er paragraphs three one to three three set out the latest position on the planning application . |
| 16 | ‘ People will say we are not helping locals by signing imports , ’ said Anderson . |
| 17 | But I can see we 're not going to agree . |
| 18 | I said to him about holding back not giving us our quota I said they can see we 're not doing now . . |
| 19 | ‘ I can see they 're not called prickly pears for nothing ! ’ |
| 20 | ‘ They can see they 're not wanted , so why are they so stupid ? ’ |
| 21 | I can tell I 'm not gon na like this |