Example sentences of "i am [not/n't] [adj] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I read a novel the emotions aroused in me bring the experience of the events of the narrative into the present , but I am not likely to be misled into thinking it is actually happening for there are enough indicators in the environment to assure me that it is not . |
| 2 | I am not accustomed to be kept waiting . " |
| 3 | ‘ I am not willing to be interviewed only to be compared with the chief executive of some Midlands council . |
| 4 | I am not willing to be interviewed only to be compared with the chief executive of some Midlands council . |
| 5 | It is obvious that we should have talks but I am not willing to be told that the talks can only take place at one location and I am not willing to accept an invitation to a slanging match . |
| 6 | I am not ashamed to be regarded as sympathetic to the anxieties of those whom life appears to be treating harshly . |