Example sentences of "[pron] [am/are] not [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The press officers who compose them are n't employed for their outstanding literary flair and their missives routinely come replete with weak jokes and dismal puns . |
| 2 | I are n't bothered for them . |
| 3 | ‘ I am not prepared for us to be a satellite of Middlesbrough and it appears the majority of Radio One programmes will be coming from Middlesbrough , ’ he said . |
| 4 | I am not looking for maximum performance or power . |
| 5 | I am not looking for money , just a deep involvement and I must be worth a telephone call . |
| 6 | I am not looking for , or expecting , sympathy , but as I have selflessly ridden through the valley of the Multivite Vegeburger/Singletons Valve Replacement League Division Three , I have taken abuse to the left of me and phlegm to the right . |
| 7 | ‘ I am not looking for a ghost . |
| 8 | ‘ I am not looking for commitment ! ’ |
| 9 | And she said : ‘ When I am not training for hockey I play football . |
| 10 | I am not suggesting for a moment that this kind of problem can be resolved merely by putting more resources in , but at the same time there is need to spend more money , perhaps . |
| 11 | ‘ It will start all sorts of speculation that we are getting back together and I am not going for that . ’ |
| 12 | I am not arguing for shoddy commercials . |
| 13 | As stressed earlier , I am not arguing for a revived regional geography per se , but rather for ‘ a regional perspective that informs all geographical activity ’ Johnston , 1990b , p. 135 ) . |
| 14 | I am not asking for Camelot , after all . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'm not trying for a wedding-ring or anything else ; I 'll put it down to experience , so you have no need to be afraid of my intentions , or to reproach yourself . ’ |
| 16 | And if we did spent twelve hundred pounds on an aeroplane and came back with fifty million pounds worth of grants , I 'm not apologising for that . |
| 17 | ‘ The one that says you own the world and all that 's in it , that says you ca n't for the life of you figure out why I 'm not jumping for joy at the prospect of staying on here , in this house , as your grandmother 's companion . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I 'll be very disappointed if I 'm not competing for a place in the first one-day international on January 16 . |
| 19 | I never go in changing rooms , because I 'm not prepared for people to say , ‘ Oh , look at her leg ! ’ |
| 20 | I 'm not prepared for the deafening ‘ bang ’ as the sides of the box collapse and my moment of entry is masked by puthers of ‘ smoke ’ . |
| 21 | I 'm not prepared I 'm not prepared for individuals to get up but if your not if you do n't want to listen to what I 've got to say that 's okay but I do n't I 'm not prepared for people to perhaps to start making personal points about people actual work within the I certainly would n't do it I do n't think it 's it 's a question of . |
| 22 | I 'm not prepared I 'm not prepared for individuals to get up but if your not if you do n't want to listen to what I 've got to say that 's okay but I do n't I 'm not prepared for people to perhaps to start making personal points about people actual work within the I certainly would n't do it I do n't think it 's it 's a question of . |
| 23 | I 'm not suggesting for a moment it does n't cross my mind nor has Mr suggested that there has been any er deliberate failures to disclose something which was thought was , which you 've got and was thought relevant , but it , things do turn out to be potentially relevant in the course of the court appearance |
| 24 | Now I 'm not suggesting for one moment that anybody who has all the problems that dear Mr has there , but I think we might be able to learn something , do you ? |
| 25 | I 'm not suggesting for a moment that university people are n't as integrated as anyone else . |
| 26 | I 'm not suggesting for one moment it 's easy , but I mean is it possible that , you know erm accepting that this is a major conflict , it does involve all of us whether we like it or not |
| 27 | No I 'm not voting for him , he 's had an affair . |
| 28 | ‘ I 'm not swinging for your two crazy brothers , Bill . |
| 29 | I 'm not looking for attention . |
| 30 | ‘ I 'm not looking for problems or confrontations off the field . |