Example sentences of "[pron] be [not/n't] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Chairman Howard Wilkinson said : ‘ There is a strong feeling among managers and players that rules applying to them are not being applied to other people , namely supporters around the dug-outs . |
| 2 | I am not being a killjoy . |
| 3 | All right , I am not being entirely serious . |
| 4 | It was not until about a year later , when I became the High Master of Warboys , that I took him into Warboys and made him a sort of Staff pilot flying Oxford aircraft on special navigational training exercises ; this was something that I could physically check and I do not know why it is , and I am not being clever now , I just accepted the evidence he gave me of this phoney flying . |
| 5 | No I 'm not are not having anything this for Christine . |
| 6 | ‘ One thing I 'm not is a good Catholic girl , ’ she confessed with a smile . |
| 7 | you know there was something wrong I was sitting listening I mean I 'm not been involved when you were talking about the stock take somewhere along the line a few things have slipped because when you go back , in the days when I used to be morning stock takes , we used to before the event , you would nearly always have the counts done . |
| 8 | I 'm not am I ? |
| 9 | I 'm not am I ? |
| 10 | No , I 'm not am I ? |
| 11 | I 'm not am I ? |
| 12 | I 'm not being unkind , I 'm sure they can also see the funny side of it . ’ |
| 13 | Look at all the things I 've done — I 'm not being choosy . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'm not being nosey or nothing . |
| 15 | I 'm not being stuck away in some smelly old truck . ’ |
| 16 | I 'm not being facetious … |
| 17 | I 'm not being one of them at any given time , because that is so stupid . |
| 18 | ‘ I 'm not being critical of our unions , but there should have been marketing people approaching the corporates even during the World Cup ’ , he says . |
| 19 | ‘ I 'm not being coy , ’ she protested . |
| 20 | I hope I 'm not being tactless . ’ |
| 21 | Although I 'm not being like one of these people who does everything and then tells everyone not to do it . |
| 22 | No , I 'm not being pompous . |
| 23 | ‘ I 'm not being modest about it , but I was lucky to be in the right place at the vital moment ’ , he says . |
| 24 | I hope I 'm not being facetious , but they 'll have a hell of a time with him … |
| 25 | I 'm not being inquisitive , Captain , and I know it 's none of my business , but why do you remain anchored here ? |
| 26 | I value Clare and I 'm not being patronising when I say that . |
| 27 | But I 'm not being cool to be kind . |
| 28 | Oliver I 'm not being fanciful . |
| 29 | No I ca n't and can I tell you , I 'm not being funny but I think that 's actually maybe quite important , I know this is not the in doubt visually impaired people but |
| 30 | ‘ I 'm not being facetious . |