Example sentences of "[am/are] not [verb] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They can thank whatever devils they happen to worship that I have much gentleness in my soul and am not given to vituperation or excessive polemic . |
| 2 | I am not looking for money , just a deep involvement and I must be worth a telephone call . |
| 3 | ‘ I am not looking for commitment ! ’ |
| 4 | Oh certainly not I 'm staying at or the I am not traipsing across France . |
| 5 | I am not made of fan material , and find it hard to understand . |
| 6 | One night when I am not covered in jam and poster-paint ? ’ she pleads . |
| 7 | I am not speaking of areas where the land is naturally productive and crofts are , in effect , small family farms . |
| 8 | And she said : ‘ When I am not training for hockey I play football . |
| 9 | By ‘ humanism , I am not referring to people who do n't believe in God . |
| 10 | I am not teaching at King Alfred School Juniors , I started morning and afternoon , but gave this up at 5/ per day and only teach there mornings . |
| 11 | I am not ashamed to admit that I am not overwhelmed with sympathy for muggers and molesters . |
| 12 | Possibly , as someone new to The Smiths and their legacy , I simply am not used to Moz 's sense of humour but , really , that joke 's not funny anymore . |
| 13 | I said I do n't mind this doing statement , I said , but I am not going to court ! |
| 14 | ‘ I am not going to Rome ! |
| 15 | He said : ‘ I am not discriminating against lesbians . |
| 16 | I am not asking for Camelot , after all . |
| 17 | But I am not talking of architecture . ’ |
| 18 | I am not talking about hunting being given the name of culling , I am talking about situations where culling does really look to be the only way to save the vegetation . |
| 19 | But in the kind of conversation recorded here , I am not talking about overuse . |
| 20 | I am not talking about statistics . |
| 21 | I am not talking about weaknesses , or shots with a fatal flaw , but idiosyncratic strengths . |
| 22 | But I am not talking about God . |
| 23 | ‘ I am not playing at make-believe . |
| 24 | I mean , I am not playing with words when I say this , but it wo n't improve as fast as we would have liked it to do because of the financial situation . |
| 25 | I know that I am not meant to vac up the spiders , just their cobwebs . |
| 26 | After their racing days the horses are not destined for breeding ; they often live as the mounts of amateur riders in local races or retire to become family friends . |
| 27 | This flexibility is particularly valuable when so many of the subjects within the Faculty are not taught at school and the first year university course will be the first opportunity to sample them . |
| 28 | Many of the subjects available for study are not taught in school , and consequently may be unfamiliar . |
| 29 | Statuses which are not fixed by inheritance , biological characteristics , or other factors over which the individual has no control , are known as ‘ achieved ’ statuses . |
| 30 | Important consequences attend the fact that the composition , powers and procedures of the Cabinet are not fixed by law . |