Example sentences of "[am/are] [not/n't] [v-ing] [that] [pron] [modal v] " in BNC.
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1 | Do n't misunderstand me , I am not implying that she should be working … |
2 | I am not suggesting that we should be completely sceptical about the value of introspection . |
3 | Whilst that may be interesting ( and I am not suggesting that we should refrain totally from such activity ) , something more is needed if we are really to approach the Earth and the earth spirit with any depth and with any hope of useful results . |
4 | I am not suggesting that one should even form an interpretative overview , merely that details of notation , phrasing and articulation , tempo , dynamics and so on are considered alongside balance , texture , and even acoustical implications . |
5 | I am not suggesting that you should collapse in a soggy heap if you bang your head or shut your finger in the door ; but suppressing tears when you are really unhappy is suppressing the grief itself and this can be harmful in several ways : |
6 | I am not suggesting that you should be totally selfish , but people will put on those who ca n't say ‘ no ’ when they need a helping hand . |
7 | ‘ My dear Constance , I am not suggesting that you should no longer visit me . |
8 | I am not suggesting that you can never have another cup of coffee or tea but that here , as in many other areas of life , moderation is the best policy . |
9 | It 's you making the decisions and doing the work and although I am not suggesting that you will catch twice as many pike , you will certainly catch some which a fast surface retrieve would have missed . |
10 | I am not saying that one might not come out with some new and splendid solution which was neither culling nor letting the environment go to pieces . |
11 | I am not saying that we should allow industry to pollute , and I entirely support the Government 's claim that the polluter should pay . |
12 | I am not ignoring that it may be said that this in one sense is proving idem per idem , but none the less I do not think the fact can be ignored . |
13 | ‘ You are not suggesting that she might have been sacrificed in some demoniacal ritual , are you , Burney ? ’ |
14 | ‘ We 're not guaranteeing that we will award the licence , or that it will be a success — it 's a commercial risk , ’ said Mr David Glencross , ITC director general . |
15 | Well we 're not saying that we would n't have turned up it 's just that we were unable to turn up . |
16 | I 'm not suggesting that we should n't care about these little games and trifling details of life , for God wants us to practise on them in this world ; but I would like to see us not so strained and frantic in our concern about them . |
17 | Oh , I think it is , and I 'm not saying that everybody should be slim , in a size 6 or 8 . |
18 | I 'm not saying that we should ignore |
19 | I 'm not saying that they should n't make a mess or like that |
20 | It 's , it 's , it 's very desperate and I 'm not saying that you would do it back because of that , but it may just be the thing that influences you to buy a particular brand , particularly the things which are heavily erm which have many alternatives to buy . |
21 | And I mean , obviously I 'm not saying that you ought to buy it anywhere else |
22 | I 'm not saying that you should make it their responsibility to do these things , but we should offer them the opportunity . ’ |
23 | I 'm not , I 'm not saying that you should have any |
24 | I 'm not saying that he will get it wrong or that he 'll lose you the money , but that 's the responsibility of . |
25 | ‘ I 'm not saying that I shall live here , ’ Peter said . |
26 | I 'm not saying that I would n't say |
27 | I 'm not saying that I would 've picked up on all those points because |
28 | I 'm not saying that I wo n't win World and Olympic titles , just that , at this time , I can not conceive of myself achieving that time . |
29 | I 'm not arguing that we should put more vehicles round the North Eastern side , I 'm just thinking that this traffic use reflects the , the imbalance in the region . |
30 | ‘ You are n't intending that we should set up home together ? |