Example sentences of "i [am/are] [verb] not to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Kirkley , who will have his contract paid up , said : ‘ I am trying not to be bitter . |
| 2 | I 'm trying not to be unkind but I doubt whether he has the requirements for international football and I would n't be surprised if he 's missing from next week 's squad . |
| 3 | Erm , clearly we are in a room full of people who have a more than marginal interest in the political process erm and that goes for your boundaries of Cambridge city councils er remit and clearly contains also to parliamentary methods erm I 'm trying not to be desperately partisan about this , I do n't expect anybody erm but a phrase has been used earlier this evening from another quarter about if it 's not broke do n't fix it , erm the boundary commission have looked at the boundaries of the Cambridge city constituency have found that it is up to ninety nine percent of the right and proper er number of electors . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm beginning not to be surprised . ’ |
| 5 | I wish you all Long Life — I 'm devastated not to be there and am scribbling this in haste in my dressing room . |