Example sentences of "[pron] [be] [adv] not [verb] " in BNC.

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1 I am just not prepared to wait for the green shoots of recovery . ’
2 I am still not following you , ’ Miss Honey said .
3 I am still not going to dra I am no I 'm still not going to buy Chrissy any !
4 take some action which I am currently not taking ?
5 Mark , I AM DEFFINATELY NOT DRIVING TO LEEDS ON SATURDAY ! ! !
6 I am therefore not prepared to quash the intervention notice .
7 In outlining the strategies potentially available to a translator , I am therefore not suggesting that translators should necessarily follow the thematic organization of every clause in the source text .
8 ‘ It is a decision that has to be made by the International Cricket Council and , under their rules , I am basically not allowed to say anything , ’ he said .
9 I may have lost it , and I am certainly not wandering around the palace looking for a glove ! ’
10 I can distrain them damage feasant , but what I want to do is to get rid of them and I am certainly not bound to incur the expense of packing and returning them .
11 I am certainly not spending the night with you ! ’
12 Having denied that she is incompetent , I am certainly not going to concede that the only alternative is to make her a degenerate ; there must be another choice available .
13 You insisted I must wear this to dine , and I am certainly not going to change again now .
14 But I know I am certainly not finished . ’
15 Firstly , I am certainly not claiming that the physical causes of the images on our retinas have nothing to do with what we see .
16 When she first stood in for Terry Wogan she insisted , ‘ I love standing in for Wogan but I 'm honestly not looking for The Sue Lawley Show with my name in lights and me swooping down a staircase . ’
17 ‘ I love standing in for Wogan , but I 'm honestly not looking for The Sue Lawley Show with my name in lights ’
18 Well , I 'm honestly not going to spend the whole of Saturday morning putting up with this sort of thing .
19 I 'm just not prepared to be contemptuated against or be the object of insinuations , that 's all . "
20 Personally , I 'm just not looking forward to seeing some Roseanne Arnold look-alike corseted into a catsuit .
21 erm , I 'm just not getting it
22 I 'm just not cut out for this .
23 Maybe I 'm just not cut out to be a policeman .
24 I 'm just not persuaded Marcus has it in him to be at that level of intensity ’
25 Well I 'm just not gon na take as much stuff .
26 I 'm just not dedicated I 'm afraid .
27 But I 'm just not going to take the risk . ’
28 I 'm just not used to lucky breaks .
29 I 'm just not used to this .
30 Linda knows what it is , but I 'm just not saying anything about it .
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