Example sentences of "be not [conj] [pron] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although many accountants are like you , other people are not and they see you as procrastinating , irritating and time wasting . |
| 2 | If they were good , you would say it 's good for our art-form , but when they 're not and they take our money , that makes me mad . ’ |
| 3 | In the Unification Church and they 're stealing a march on us right enough and that 's what they 're doing — stealing that march — and they 're up to no good in their unification and I know they 're not and they know I know they 're not and that 's why it all happened . |
| 4 | No , I 'm not cos I think it 's quite a valid |
| 5 | I 'm not and I tell you honest it 's , it is frightening me a bit . |
| 6 | But suppose they were n't and I accuse him ? |
| 7 | My veterinary colleagues tell me one of the main dangers with such large dogs is not that they injure themselves ( through overexercising before their skeletons can carry their weight ) but that their diets are over-supplemented , particularly with excessive calcium , which damages bone growth and hinders development . |
| 8 | But what makes Courtney especially dangerous is not that he abused his position as a doctor . |
| 9 | And it is not that she knows me to be bad or weak , or you either , but her conventional mind could not grasp that a thing so often impure , can be made absolutely and perfectly pure . |
| 10 | Just like salvation , is not because we merit it . |
| 11 | The reason the Royal Show is international is not because we say it is ; it is because the international visitors choose to visit the Royal Show and that is what makes it the most international agricultural show in the world . |
| 12 | This is not because I take them for granted — On the contrary I marvel every year at the miracle of that never-empty basket in The Undercroft and the crowds round the stalls . |
| 13 | This is not because I share his criticisms — quite the opposite — but because , like him , I anticipate and relish the prospect of my hon. Friend the Minister replying to the debate , when I hope that he will give a robust rebuttal of the hon. Gentleman 's criticisms . |
| 14 | THIS IS NOT because I climbed them as a child . |
| 15 | ‘ Question is not if I shoot someone , but when I shoot someone , ’ says John . |
| 16 | He merely notes that the bad news for technological illiterates is that the world is not as they think it is , and if they are interested in the truth his book will fill some gaps . |
| 17 | For example , I might decide the angle of light on my desk is not as I require it on the basis of assessing the illumination and the lamp which is the source of it . |
| 18 | It 's not that they need them , it 's because they know everyone else has got them . |
| 19 | It 's not that we have anything to hide . |
| 20 | ‘ It 's not that we think it 's wrong to have girl-friends , we just choose not to at the moment . |
| 21 | so I er he said er no he said , it 's not that he said I do n't like people to tell me you 've got to do overtime today , he said , I like to be asked ! |
| 22 | ‘ It 's not that you need them . |
| 23 | Well it 's , it 's not that I mean I 'm just trying to see |
| 24 | Well it 's not that I mean there 's a |
| 25 | It 's not that I begrudge you your father 's royalties . |
| 26 | Yep and and he does n't seem to be able to concentrate and I said , but Neil you can drive , when you go out with me you drive beautifully yes but yours is an automatic car , I said , it 's not that I said you 've got road sense you know what you 're doing , I said your good . |
| 27 | It 's not that I 've anything against audiences , it 's just that when they 're a blur they 're so friendly — just one big smiley mess . |
| 28 | " Yes , it is , Butterworth , Clibber , it 's not that I doubt you , but I want to see for myself . |
| 29 | ‘ Oh , it 's not that I think myself better , not a bit . |
| 30 | She 's not that I think she 'll know how upset she is . |