Example sentences of "not [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Help them to stick up for themselves and see that it is not worth being treated badly just in order to have a best friend . |
| 2 | In fact , it 's probably not worth being all that scientific about it . |
| 3 | When others urge caution for electoral reasons , he argues that it 's not worth being in government if you ca n't do the things you believe in . |
| 4 | ‘ Music 's not about being political , ’ reckons Scott , ‘ it 's for gettin' off on . |
| 5 | ‘ Music 's not about being political , ’ reckons Scott , ‘ it 's for gettin' off on . |
| 6 | So it 's not about being aggressive it 's not about being aggressive or submissive it 's about being clear to true to yourself being aware of what you want from any given situation . |
| 7 | So it 's not about being aggressive it 's not about being aggressive or submissive it 's about being clear to true to yourself being aware of what you want from any given situation . |
| 8 | It 's it 's not about being able to get rid of them totally and we agree that we need some sort of level of arousal it 's being able to perform despite them to use that arousal to put into an effective presentation , and that 's what this two days is about is getting those butterflies for you to fly in formation . |
| 9 | I decided I do n't like eating dead bodies — not after being caught in a trap . |
| 10 | " But not after being off sick . " |
| 11 | It could not of been easy |
| 12 | they may they may have been in your list of documents , but copies of them may or may not of been handed over but |
| 13 | well business that would n't , my Lord , that 's perhaps the wrong description , business that would not of been written had the restrictions not been in place |
| 14 | but similar change of causation , restrictions imposed by of which they are members and which they are party and we would say we had the same defence to the extent that they had written business which would not of been risen if the restrictions had not been made |
| 15 | Ah no , oh would it of not of been kinder to put it to sleep as soon as it were born ? |
| 16 | No they were , that 's what they were were n't it when it all happened , the old Revered somebody or other , they wilful murder but erm yeah basically it does n't seem like , there was no real evidence as to who erm fired first and there was no conclusion that the about that , but they were certainly I R A gunmen , para 's , its like without a doubt if you know some people , but like with those high powered weapons they may , alright its unfortunately that somebody may have got shot , but it may not of been the main shot , that may , may of been a ricochet or , or anything like that , both their they 've got a killing range of up to three mile so one mate come round , he says he 's gon na come round again tomorrow and have a look at it |
| 17 | and the other may or may not of been like I said just the fact I 'm shaking your hand , weapon he goes and does a frenzy test but the evidence on those three were , was n't very , was n't very conclusive and it |
| 18 | What he had feared would happen was happening now , though the feeling he had was not of being in any way rejected , nor was it embarrassment . |
| 19 | Because my experience was not of being poor , the discomforts of the poverty that I had to put up with in the rue Victorie did not suggest themselves as unending . |
| 20 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that it is a question not of being racialist but of being realistic ? |
| 21 | The real danger today is not of being seen to condone precipitate separatism but , through the impotence of our response so far , of being seen to condone brutal and barbaric behaviour of a kind that has not been seen in Europe since the 1940s . |
| 22 | This is because such bigotry and violence are the result not of being too religious , but of not being religious enough , of superficiality , of mistaken ideas about what religion is about . |
| 23 | It is not like being a priest . |
| 24 | To an extent you 're your own master … you can decide what you want to do and when you want to do it … it 's not like being at work when somebody rings you up and you 've got to go down and see them or you 've got to do this and that within half an hour . |
| 25 | Not like being at home of course , not so cosy , but I expect it 's quite interesting . |
| 26 | Not like being elected to a fellowship , or whatever . |
| 27 | It 's not like being on shore where once the patients are gone you shut up shop and go home . |
| 28 | In a sense , it is not unlike being asked to define the quality red . |
| 29 | The feeling is not unlike being forced through a futuristic abattoir , and I 'll buy anything if they 'll only let me out of here . |
| 30 | you 're not in are you ? |