Example sentences of "not [vb infin] [pers pn] [be] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Do you not think you 're a little young for all this ? |
| 2 | I can not speak for other hypnotherapists , but for myself I do not think it is a good idea . |
| 3 | However , I do not think it is a particularly appropriate model of human social interactions , for two reasons . |
| 4 | That seems to me to be a good argument for saying that in the ordinary way the justices ought not to make an order for no contact between the parent and the child , but I do not think it is a satisfactory argument in the interpretation of section 34(2) and ( 3 ) . |
| 5 | Secondly , I do not think it is a good idea to attack a plane with a hundred and seven passengers in it , and ‘ take it apart ’ as you say . |
| 6 | ‘ Police have told us that they do not think it was a deliberate attack on our house because I am deputy leader . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ He was off balance and I did not think it was a penalty . ’ |
| 8 | I have never been to this town before , but I do not think she is a typical resident of Bournemouth . |
| 9 | If Oliver had seen him now he would not think he was a man who was finished , he would see a desperate will to survive and defend himself . |
| 10 | ‘ The only one who could not make it was a nuclear physicist ! ’ |
| 11 | The girl was in care at a Suffolk County Council children 's home , but staff did not know she was a prostitute . |
| 12 | For example , you may be the greatest athlete in the world but your capacity to influence my behaviour is very small if I do not know you are a famous athlete or do not value athletic ability . |
| 13 | If you do not feel you are a thrusting , dynamic sort of person you may possess different but equally desirable qualities which employers will want . |
| 14 | In July 1931 the then chairman of A & C Black , Adam Black , turned down an English translation of The Quatrain of Omar Khayyam by a retired Colonel of the Indian Army as he did not feel it was a commercial proposition . |
| 15 | everybody anyone did not feel it was a good idea ? |
| 16 | Cheltenham 's New Year 's Day card features the valuable ASW Handicap Chase and Clerk Philip Arkwright does not believe it is a lost cause . |
| 17 | Apparently , she did not mind him being a mop head when occupying other Government positions , but felt it would not be fitting for the role of Chancellor . |
| 18 | The most obvious link with The Lost Prince ( I do not suggest it was a conscious one ) is The Emerald Crown , the story of fourteen-year-old Alexander Valesciano , brought up in England by his mother 's people and taken after her death to Mavonia , a kingdom usurped from his paternal ancestors seventy years earlier . |
| 19 | ‘ I did not realise it was a new production but I 'm very impressed . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ True , she is his partner , she helps him , and when his body calls for lust , she is there for him , but I would not say she is a prime concern in his life . ’ |
| 21 | Ramsey could not say he was a pacifist . |
| 22 | She did not say it was a sample of five . |