Example sentences of "i [am/are] not [adj] [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I am not opposed to change and most have been successful . |
| 2 | An excellent overview of organisational communication research written specifically with reference to the external organisational environment appears in a valuable compendium Handbook of organizational communication — a volume that in this context I am not ashamed to admit that I came across just by chance in a bookshop whilst looking for something completely different ! |
| 3 | I am not ashamed to admit that I am not overwhelmed with sympathy for muggers and molesters . |
| 4 | For I am not ashamed to admit that I am The Burpman . |
| 5 | I am not able to say that the steering group has achieved fair and equal representation of all its members . |
| 6 | I do miss Rosa , and I am not able to go and see her because she is being looked after by my friend , Bill Purves at Clove Lodge , the next farm to Low Birk Hatt . |
| 7 | I am not able to eat and talk at the same time , so I apologized to my neighbours for this . |
| 8 | When I reappear in my flat I am not surprised to learn that the two doughballs have said absolutely nothing . |
| 9 | Well I suppose it has in a sense , yes , it 's enabled us to both confront the fact that that I 'm not all knowing and that I 'm not all powerful , which I mean was because my children , as I say , are still quite young , which is something new for them , I suppose , as well as something new for me . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'm willing to abide by all laws — and I 'll try to persuade other Romanies to do the same , but I 'm not likely to succeed until my people can see these laws protecting as well as persecuting them . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I have to play with pain-killing injections and I 'm not able to train except for a short time doing set-pieces on a Friday . ’ |
| 12 | I still ca n't read him ; I 'm not able to tell whether he thinks this is likely or not , whether he thinks this is evidence I 'm not his man or he still thinks I am but I had help . |
| 13 | He said : ‘ I 'm not prepared to accept that their decision is carved out in tablets of stone . |
| 14 | I 'm not prepared to accept that any more than I am prepared to accept the hogwash that we heard from Bob Morgan and his Liberal Democrats , because of course it may be extremely comfortable for him to be acting like a beached dolphin on the shores of Abu Dhabi , but the fact of the matter is , of course , that the Liberal Democrats , with or without the backs of their envelopes and cigarettes packets , are extremely unlikely to be making any national legislation , so they are quite comfortable in being able to observe how others might or might not do it . |
| 15 | But I 'm not afraid to go and find out . |
| 16 | I think , as I said before , the pro The idea of Europe , the profile of Europe is important , and although i do n't think I should be campaign , if I win tonight , on things that interest me and do n't interest others , I 'm not afraid to say that I do want to make it , to a degree at least , a genuine European campaign . |
| 17 | ‘ I 'm not afraid to admit that I wanted you last night , more than I 've wanted any woman for a long time . ’ |
| 18 | I 'm not ashamed to admit that I was encountering the vast majority of the fish on show for the first time . |
| 19 | I know that the message is getting through to gay men , but I 'm not surprised to hear that it 's not getting through to heterosexuals . |
| 20 | ‘ Like you , I 'm not ready to hear or know my son 's ultimate fate . |