Example sentences of "not [verb] [pers pn] be [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not a change of nature , I hope , and believe : still , a development as the World calls it , though I can not think it is development for the better . |
| 2 | And as for his private life , I do not think it is James Pegg he desires . |
| 3 | One suspects he would not make it were Islam a majority religion in Britain . |
| 4 | When it is not wind it is rain , |
| 5 | Although such a statement is transparently obvious , as we have demonstrated earlier there are a vast number of crimes where people do not know they are victims , such as minor thefts , and many white-collar crimes . |
| 6 | I certainly did not know they were counterfeits . ’ |
| 7 | Even a nervous pull into the greenside bunker with his third shot at the par-five 18th , which was to open the door for Stewart and Olazabal , could not prevent it being Langer 's day . |
| 8 | the other one was a bit , what was the love that dare not speak it 's name ? |
| 9 | We do not believe it is government 's job to run business — people do that much better . |
| 10 | A police spokesman said : ‘ We do not believe it is Suzy Lamplugh , but we have to check to be absolutely sure . ’ |
| 11 | Yeah well Richard does that Richard says it 's not bus it 's bus . |
| 12 | We are not saying they are vandals , but what will they do ? |
| 13 | I 'm not saying it was fourpence but perhaps you 'd get fourpence . |
| 14 | She was lying on the edge of the bed far from Tom and had not known it was Tom 's bed and Tom 's room or that she was not alone , but had been cast at once , as usual , into that incredulous panic where she was asking herself , how could I have left Mike ? |
| 15 | No it 's not MyMouse it 's Microsoft it 's Amstrad Mouse , cos I have n't got me real mouse with |
| 16 | Remembering his own thoughts as he walked towards the door last night , not knowing it was Laura , thinking it was Alexandra and feeling his freewheeling lifestyle threatened , his macho image slightly dented , he realized he must be mad . |
| 17 | ‘ Every man ’ , he reminded them , ‘ has a right to hold his particular opinion , and if you do not convict you are enemies of your country ’ . |
| 18 | Ramazan Abdulatipov , chairman of one of the parliament 's two chambers , later told journalists : ‘ We should not pretend we are heroes . |
| 19 | That 's not to say they are things that are happening this month that , that I have n't planned for three months ago . |
| 20 | ‘ Pooh to mademoiselle , did I not say I am Marcelle ? ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I just hope she wo n't think we 're trouble-makers , ’ Sophie said unhappily . |
| 22 | Do n't think we 're race but |
| 23 | ‘ I do n't think they 're locals , ’ Sheldukher surmised . |
| 24 | But they 're , I do n't think they 're seconds I think they 're over makes . |
| 25 | Certainly as far as Americans are concerned , a lot of our hotels do n't come up to the standards of service that they are used to , and certainly they do n't think they 're value for money . |
| 26 | I do n't think they 're mine , or anything . |
| 27 | I mean from rig to rig things work differently and I mean on on Piper , I would say there were probably things that could have been tightened up but then again I do n't think they were part and parcel of what happened and there on July the sixth . |
| 28 | some noisy rowdy neighbours or i no , I do n't think they were neighbours were they ? |
| 29 | ‘ Dave rang me , see , and he said there 'd been some blokes asking around about me and he did n't think they were coppers at all , and I thought well , that could be The Firm — |
| 30 | Well I do n't think she 's time actually . |