Example sentences of "[am/are] not [verb] [adv prt] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the documents in question are not sent out with a letter , but are signed at the conveyancer 's office , then it is important to set out a memorandum recording the date and time at which the document was signed and also how the document was explained to the client . |
| 2 | Perhaps monotony , fragmentation and excessive pace are noted by few housewives and are not bound up with a dominant feeling of dissatisfaction . |
| 3 | ‘ They are not writhing around like a Soho sex show but it is outrageous compared to the traditional performance of Swan Lake . ’ |
| 4 | These functions are not carried out in a vacuum ; they are affected by certain key contingencies or variables . |
| 5 | It is the South-east that needs new settlements , if we are not to end up with a town-and-country muesli of interest to no one . |
| 6 | As with all great adventures and challenges , the rewards and achievements are not handed out on a plate . |
| 7 | The formal duties and responsibilities of the office of a British Prime Minister are not laid down in a constitution or statute . |
| 8 | ‘ We inhabitants of the post-historical world ’ , he trumpets , ‘ will have to keep in mind that the truly fundamental transformation in world politics are not going on in a desolate Middle Eastern desert , but back in cette vielle Europe which was the cradle of the idea of human freedom ’ . |
| 9 | ‘ Well , you 're not tied down to a commitment of any sort , ’ she pointed out in a dry tone . |
| 10 | Have you decided you 're not cut out for a permanent relationship ? |
| 11 | You 're not going back for a month ? |
| 12 | I am bound to say My Lords that my own view is still that the size within the limits laid down by statute with a minimum of sixteen or eighteen and maximum of twenty-four would best be determined locally and if we 're not going in for a national police force , I still ca n't see what it has to do with the Secretary of State and why the Home Office should be settling the size of forty-three or so police authorities . |
| 13 | " I hope you 're not coming down with a fever , dear , " said my mother . |
| 14 | She 's getting a gun out and she goes I 'm not going out without a fight . |
| 15 | But I 'm not going out with a bloody cold like this ! |
| 16 | I said could n't care less if it 's triple time I 'm not coming in on a Sunday . |
| 17 | I said I see enough of this place all bleeding week I 'm not coming in on a Sunday . |
| 18 | But er before I came out I switched it on cos I 'm not coming back to a cold house . |
| 19 | ‘ I 'm not coming back for a while . |
| 20 | It 's all right , sweetie , I 'm not coming back with a bone through my nose , but I might come back with a bit less of a bone in my head . |
| 21 | And I just said , I 'm not walking around with a hundred and fifty quids worth of money . |