Example sentences of "we [be] not be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wigan chairman Jack Robinson said : ‘ We are not being anti-Australian . |
| 2 | We are not being wise after the event in pointing to the reasons why Imperial consolidation was foredoomed . |
| 3 | An authority spokesman said : ‘ We are not being judgmental about this , but we do feel it is important information and people have a right to know . ’ |
| 4 | I mean we 're not being nasty |
| 5 | Erm , it 's quite clear from the district auditor 's letter that he thinks that we 're not being systematic enough , about what we do about environmental improvements , and it seems fairly clear to me to , that if we just push the to the service committees , erm , nothing will ever happen , except possibly on planning , and that erm , it will just sort of quietly disappear because it 's not the top priority of any of the other service committees . |
| 6 | erm And as I said , we 're trying to , not that I 'm giving the opposite view to Doctor Plumtree , as I said , we 're trying to fund the people on the front line , you know , the foresters in their back yard , as it were , we 're trying to preserve it , and we also feel we 're not being patronising , it 's not like we 're writing out a large cheque and saying ’ here you are ’ , we 're actually putting a lot of time and effort into this , I mean , it 's now become a full time job for me and certainly for Dave Kester , and all the other people working on it . |
| 7 | So we 're not being patronising with it . |