Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] [am/are] not [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The board saying they wanted to sell him will have made him think ‘ Why not , no point hanging round where I 'm not wanted ’ . |
| 2 | That 'll teach you , gilgul , trying to tag along where you 're not wanted . |
| 3 | Where you 're not buying from a trader , you 're buying from an ordinary member of the public . |
| 4 | Where we are not dealing solely with our own affairs but forming general preferences as to the kind of society we would like to live in , the main pleasures and pains we are concerned with are precisely these pleasures and pains of sympathy . |
| 5 | The obligations , particularly where they are not funded by a scheme financially independent of the company , carry very significant deferred tax implications . |
| 6 | All young people are at risk where they are not wanted , despised or feared . |
| 7 | In rural areas the house drains , where they are not connected to sewers , are directed into enclosed tanks called cess pools or into septic tanks . |
| 8 | I feel that these difficulties have gone on too long for there to be a realistic prospect of change in time for these children and given their improvement whilst in foster care , where they are not brought up in their parents ' conflict , it is not in the children 's interests for them to go and live with the father and that they need to be placed in an environment with permanent substitute parents , who can meet the boys ' physical , emotional , educational and social needs . |
| 9 | Where they are not specified , use them anyway if you want the best performance from your detector . |
| 10 | These estimates may be adjusted upwards , using judgement and experience , where they are not thought exactly to represent the total potential available market . |
| 11 | J.B. You know it 's positive discrimination in that and boys will not be allowed in so they can have , you know , an enjoyable night , being girls but not with boys there to say , ‘ oh , yea , you 've got nice legs ’ and all this , so that salves my conscience a bit and I was n't very worried about it , but I wo n't have beauty demonstrations and things in the club 'cause I 'm not going to reinforce the image that boys already have of the girls . |
| 12 | It 's you making the decisions and doing the work and although I am not suggesting that you will catch twice as many pike , you will certainly catch some which a fast surface retrieve would have missed . |
| 13 | I hope that the hon. Member for Beaconsfield will serve on the Committee that will examine the Bill , although I am not trying to condemn him to that if he does not wish to be there , because I think that we might be able to find some common ground . |
| 14 | ‘ Although I am not looking like … ’ |
| 15 | ‘ It is always nice to beat Boris although I am not saying I have proved I am a better player , ’ said the 24-year-old Stich . |
| 16 | Indeed there are no really weak moments vocally , although I am not convinced by the style of all the vocal cadenzas . |
| 17 | I am sensible , indeed one of my first bosses at Js remarked that although I am not qualified in anything , I had common sense which was worth a great deal more to him . |
| 18 | And he all but confirmed this was his last match , saying : ‘ I basically feel the same way as I have all year , and although I am not going to announce my retirement , I guess that is it . |
| 19 | It 's become a life-long commitment , although I 'm not complaining . |
| 20 | God knows how many , although I 'm not working any more I 've lost the job but |
| 21 | I 've got a good job and , although I 'm not going out with anybody right now , I have a lot of close friends . |
| 22 | Then a fortnight ago I had a cataract removed , but there must have been more to it than that , because not only am I startled by the brightness of things , but the vision in that eye is practically perfect , so I am not wearing glasses most of the time , though for faint or small print ( not piano music : hooray ) I shall have to get some more specs . |
| 23 | ‘ Paula 's welfare is paramount so I am not making waves with the Hutchinsons at a traumatic time like this but obviously I 'm extremely anxious , ’ he said . |
| 24 | My knowledge of this period of history is rather hazy so I am not going to make an issue of it either way , for the simple reason which I suspect is shared by many of you , that I do n't care . |
| 25 | This is not a book about dieting , so I am not going to go into the subject in great depth . |
| 26 | You just have to convince yourself : ‘ They are doing me good , so I am not going to complain about it . ’ |
| 27 | Lane 's total might already be good enough to win selection but he said : ‘ I still think I need another 25,000 points to be certain of getting into the team so I 'm not counting chickens . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ He 's not important to me , so I 'm not thinking about it any more . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Both , I think , so I 'm not eating here , Sir John , and I suggest that neither should you . |
| 30 | I mean , they were very good to us so I 'm not complaining . |