Example sentences of "[pron] be not [pron] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | They were about five yards apart and he was just deciding they were n't anything to do with him when they both took out pistols . |
| 32 | Er one question less than five percent it will not be but I do n't want to go and indeed I , for reasons that er David outlined , I ca n't go , ca n't be precise , but er it 's not something to get scared about . |
| 33 | ‘ It 's not mine to sell , Harry . |
| 34 | " It 's not mine to sell . " |
| 35 | until they collect it , it 's not , it 's not mine to keep , have to give it back |
| 36 | ‘ It 's not mine to share with you . ’ |
| 37 | ‘ It 's not anything to do with biology or psychology or any science or the old philosophies — it 's something so deep that even the most delicately poised approach almost inevitably occludes it . |
| 38 | It 's individuals , it 's not anything to do with Glasgow . |
| 39 | ‘ This haste , ’ said Paul , ‘ it 's not anything to do with Zeinab , is it ? ’ |
| 40 | It is not one to rally the world 's peasantries , pastoralists and other land-users to change the social conditions which bring about soil erosion in the first place . |
| 41 | Power is not unitary , it does not reside in the stats , it can not be reduced to class relations ; it is not something to hold or use . |
| 42 | It seems to me when deciding that case , the court of appeal were as Mr suggests taking a long-term view , I of course bear in mind the well known aphorism of Lord about er what happens in the long term , but er , my own view is , that in fact , a house should not actually be built as an investment at all it is something to live in , to make a home in , it is not something to make money out of , I very much regret the fact that er over recent years that view seems to have become somewhat old fashioned . |
| 43 | It is n't anything to do with government at all . |
| 44 | And it says then it is n't anything to do with intelligence or anything like that . |
| 45 | They were talking about language on Radio Four and erm what people e , it is n't anything to do with the training course we 're on , it 's the language . |
| 46 | ‘ It was n't anything to do with the group . |
| 47 | I know now that it was n't anything to do with you . |
| 48 | It was n't anything to do with the nuclear industry , but a session on the TV game show Every Second Counts hosted by Paul Daniels [ pictured right ] . |
| 49 | It was n't anything to do with the way I felt or , for that matter , the way you felt … it was … ’ |
| 50 | Now , in daylight , she knew it was not something to fear . |
| 51 | She could not reveal the truth , because it was not hers to tell . |
| 52 | Sometimes I used to see the funny side of these sessions , but he was not one to tolerate flippancy and more than once I received the rough side of his tongue . |
| 53 | Moreover , he was not one to turn an able man down because he was an ideological waif — but that is another story . |
| 54 | He had been first away , for he was not one to linger with colleagues . |
| 55 | But he was not one to rock the boat , kept his feelings to himself and quietly followed his vocation . |
| 56 | He was not one to make exaggerated claims , and scarcely needed to . |
| 57 | He was not one to make allowances . |