Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [not/n't] the [noun] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although it is traumatic , having one 's life turned upside-down like this , discovering I 'm not the person I used to be . |
| 2 | In 1985 , he claimed defensively , ‘ There 's black and white proof I 'm not the killer I 'm supposed to be , I 've only been sent off twice . ’ |
| 3 | Well , I have n't , not by a long chalk and I 'm not the tramp I look either . |
| 4 | If you 're not the man I love and if you do n't love me , then I am not available . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ You 're not the place I — ’ |
| 6 | She does have a great technique in the bedroom , I admit , but she 's not the reason I come out to St Lucia … ’ |
| 7 | ‘ She was n't the woman I came to seek , ’ said Catriona aloud . |
| 8 | ‘ She was n't the woman I came to seek . ’ |
| 9 | They are n't the ones I would have chosen . |
| 10 | Are those the ones , they 're not the ones I gave you are they ? |
| 11 | It were n't the dog I locked in the tractor-shed , that 's all I know . ’ |
| 12 | It 's not the conditions I mind so much though , ’ said Len , ‘ it 's the officers and N.C.Os . |
| 13 | I agree it 's not the way I planned in those remote days when I imagined one could keep to plans . |
| 14 | And that 's why this is very interesting for you because you now know what your preference is and what you need to think about is that I may be a very high reflector , but I can see there 's , there 's Lou in particular was a very strong activist and when I put them together training , I need to ensure that it 's not the way I like to learn , it is a balanced approach others can also gain , I need to ensure that others gain from this . |
| 15 | It 's not the quantity I eat — sweet things are my downfall . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ It 's not the lion I fear , ’ she cried , ‘ but the jackal ’ , and although she was referring to Rufio , not Caesar , it was St Ives she confronted . |
| 17 | ‘ It 's not the horse I 'm suspicious of , ’ Maggie snapped , getting her own spirit back . |
| 18 | ‘ It 's not the patients I 'm talking about . |
| 19 | ‘ It 's not the house I want , Peter , it 's the ground it 's standing on . |
| 20 | It 's this year 's reg. — It 's not the car I 'd go for , mind . |
| 21 | It 's not the image I would think of . |
| 22 | See , when I come in here on a night , it 's not the IRA I 'm worried about , it 's them upstairs . |
| 23 | Yeah , it 's not the heaven I 'm objecting to , it 's , it 's saying the rain of heaven , we we do n't use that kind of structure now . |
| 24 | ‘ It 's not the penny I 'm bothered about , ’ he mumbled almost to himself , gazing into the fire . |
| 25 | It is not the man I love who touches me , it is the British . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ It is n't the work I mind … it is n't even having to clean him up … ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I 'll be glad to get to know them all , even if he is n't the man I once knew . |
| 28 | ‘ Oh , it was n't the case I was worried about . |
| 29 | so it was n't the fact I was trying to lose too much speed , it was that I changed into first and did n't have |
| 30 | It was not the person I had read about in all the papers and magazines . ’ |