Example sentences of "be not be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was not until about a year later , when I became the High Master of Warboys , that I took him into Warboys and made him a sort of Staff pilot flying Oxford aircraft on special navigational training exercises ; this was something that I could physically check and I do not know why it is , and I am not being clever now , I just accepted the evidence he gave me of this phoney flying . |
| 2 | The the particular point that that I wish to pick up on though was from M Mr Curtis and his reference to erm the draft P P G thirteen , and whilst I 'd say that the point of the H B F that it 's only a draft publication at this stage , there 's in my view been too mu much over reliance on the reference in there to self containment , you see if we look at that particular paragraph , two point one two , it actually says avoid the development of small new settlements which are not to , sorry , I 'll start that again , avoid the development of small new settlements which are not be likely to be well served by public transport , or which will not be largely self contained . |
| 3 | Among his worst crimes are not being married , not turning up at milking times and stealing food . ’ |
| 4 | If they have filled in a card , declaring willing for a dealer to approach them with urgent share recommendations , they are not being cold-called if subsequently telephoned . |
| 5 | But he feels that West European countries ‘ are not being sensible ’ if they reject non-provocative defence . |
| 6 | I think your brothers are not being kind to you today are they ? |
| 7 | Wigan chairman Jack Robinson said : ‘ We are not being anti-Australian . |
| 8 | 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 . ’ |
| 9 | We are not being wise after the event in pointing to the reasons why Imperial consolidation was foredoomed . |
| 10 | No , we 're not is that answer to that ! |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | But you 're not being honest , not for a moment . |
| 13 | I mean we 're not being nasty |
| 14 | You 're not being serious are you ? |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | So we 're not being patronising with it . |
| 17 | They 're rude and indifferent , and when they 're not being rude and indifferent they 're licking your boots and telling you what they think you want to hear . ’ |
| 18 | if they 're not being desirable one by our standards , but a society can be made to work , if there 's enough pressure put on it . |
| 19 | Just because you 're assertive that does n't mean you 're gon na get everything that you want because you 're not being assertive just means that other people are aware of what you want . |
| 20 | ‘ If you 're right about Petula , then you 're not being fair to her , are you ? |
| 21 | " No , you 're not being silly . |
| 22 | You 're not being silly ? |
| 23 | I 'm not being mean but he 's a |
| 24 | I 'm not being inquisitive , Captain , and I know it 's none of my business , but why do you remain anchored here ? |
| 25 | I 'm not being one of them at any given time , because that is so stupid . |
| 26 | I 'm not being greedy but if someone paid me £50,000 for a fight , I 'd be the happiest man in the world . |
| 27 | ‘ I 'm not being nosey or nothing . |
| 28 | ‘ Of course I 'm not being heretical here . |
| 29 | than that , I mean I mean , I 'm not being nasty but I mean look at our hairdo 's ! |
| 30 | I 'm not being nasty I 'll give him the money , but |