Example sentences of "but [pers pn] be not go [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I am not going to go overboard — I expect us to beat them . ’ |
| 2 | I hope so , but I am not going to argue the case one way or the other , nor to speculate over its possible memic evolution . |
| 3 | ‘ I may be a villain , but I am not going to sit by and let an innocent man do a ten-year stretch for something I 've done . ’ |
| 4 | I am glad we have converted the European Community to this , but I am not going to have land set aside in Britain so that the rest of Europe can produce more . |
| 5 | A virtue which , I realize , makes me too vulnerable , but I am not going to discard it now . |
| 6 | It is very unfortunate because we want all our best players for such an important match , but I am not going to embroider it . |
| 7 | ‘ Obviously they have very long memories but I am not going to get involved in any more comments , ’ added the former Gloucester , Worcester and England batsman and BBC commentator . |
| 8 | " But I am not going to get into that happy position , am I ? " |
| 9 | ‘ I could tell them where to look for the escaped prisoner , but I am not going to help them . |
| 10 | ‘ They do n't like my moustache and my long hair , they get at me whenever they can but I am not going to change . |
| 11 | But I was not going to submit to the suffering of being preserved in a past that was not my own . |
| 12 | I doubted if she could be more than fifty yards away , but I was n't going to risk missing her — once carried past her , it would be pretty well hopeless to try to find her . |
| 13 | This close to Christmas it would be packed solid and I doubted if Eddie would be out on time , but I was n't going to risk it . |
| 14 | ‘ She listened to me and said , ‘ I 'm sorry , darling , but I was n't going to do it for you . |
| 15 | It might have been a finger , but I was n't going to do anything hasty to find out . |
| 16 | He said , ‘ Yes , but I was n't going to hit him ’ . ’ |
| 17 | But I was n't going to go back … ’ |
| 18 | But I was n't going to take it back . |
| 19 | I was scared of them but I was n't going to let them get away so I gave them a good run for their money . |
| 20 | I know it 's against the rules but I was n't going to argue , not for that kind of money . ’ |
| 21 | I thought I had trouble with names , but I was n't going to ask because I knew Antiope was the mother of Achilles in Greek mythology . |
| 22 | But I was n't going to ask . |
| 23 | Astorre and Tobie should know , but I was n't going to announce this in public . |
| 24 | I do n't mind telling you , Hazel , I was scared stiff that night , but I was n't going to show it . " |
| 25 | I did n't really believe their guns could be real but I was n't going to find out . |
| 26 | I do n't mind being miserable , but I 'm not going to let Daddy and Mummy quarrel because of me . ’ |
| 27 | I wish I could do something to stop it but I 'm not going to deny it and you 'd be a liar if you tried . ’ |
| 28 | But I 'm not going to turn against him just because of an accident . |
| 29 | ‘ But I 'm not going to take you ; not tonight … ’ |
| 30 | or take it off your winnings , but I 'm not going to take it off my winnings so |