Example sentences of "is not [pron] [pers pn] [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It is difficult to get full information here , but it is not something we want to comment on . ’ |
| 2 | This is not something we enjoy doing , but whether more will happen depends on the recovery of the British economy . |
| 3 | And I. This is not something I want to do . ’ |
| 4 | It is not something I want to do . |
| 5 | ‘ My power is not something I want to portray . |
| 6 | One , if obeyed , brings harmony , rhythm and immediate Peace within , even if this small voice is not what we wish to hear . |
| 7 | He said : ‘ There is no doubt that they have to consider the possibility of closing the fund , but his is not what they want to do . |
| 8 | This is not what I want to hear from the man who once shook me to the core with a string of incendiary albums . |
| 9 | Seventy-nine is not what I expect to see . ’ |
| 10 | All right , the team are going through a temporary loss of form and that is not what you pay to see but , remember , football is a business not an entertainment . |
| 11 | Those who know , think it a matter without interest , so that again and again in my enquiries , when some touch of colour has been given illuminating the ways of life among the people who are above the need for help , it has been cut short by a semi-apology : ‘ But that is not what you want to know about ’ … |
| 12 | But , er , other people start bringing up sort of problems with the French tax situation on such and such a structure of company or whatever , which is not anything we want to get involved with . |
| 13 | A spokeswoman for the Labour-run council said yesterday : ‘ This British flag image is n't one we want to project because we 're a multi-racial city . |
| 14 | I know it 's difficult , I know the City is highly congested and we ca n't plough down beautiful buildings in order to make better roads and so on , and that is n't what we want to do . |
| 15 | It is n't what I expected to find . |
| 16 | ‘ I had been looking at the world ratings and the draw certainly is n't what I had expected , ’ said Gregg . |
| 17 | ‘ But that is n't what I want to talk to you about . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Only when I want to make love to you , and that is n't what you 've got in mind right now , is it ? ’ |
| 19 | Having said that , you may come to the conclusion that you do n't want to continue because it is n't what YOU want to do . |
| 20 | Christine had been telling herself : ‘ This is n't something I 've read in the newspapers , this is happening to us ! |
| 21 | She said , lifting one naked shoulder dismissively , ‘ It is n't something I care to discuss . |
| 22 | That dog of his is n't something you want to get in a fight with . |