Example sentences of "be not what i [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Third , although some comparison between my present experience and others is necessary for me to know what words to use in description , and although such comparison , especially in the case where the objects compared are a past and a present experience , is fallible ( since memory is fallible ) , still the comparison is not what I am trying to express when I try to express my beliefs about my present experience alone . |
| 2 | That is not what I am offering . |
| 3 | If you 're urging the case for tax breaks again , then I think that 's all too easy and tha that is not what I am advertising or seeking representations for . |
| 4 | What I have just offered have been partial readings of the Haec Vir pamphlet and The Roaring Girl , partial not in the sense ( at least this is not what I 'm confessing ) of being distortions of the texts , but rather readings that focus upon textual elements which can be correlated with oppositional cultural elements within Jacobean society , and consequently possible audience positions and reading responses . |
| 5 | That is not what I 'm saying . |
| 6 | ‘ That is not what I 'm arguing about . |
| 7 | That 's not what I am accusing you of . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ That 's not what I 'm bringing . |
| 9 | I 've got power , but that 's not what I 'm trying to portray . |
| 10 | ‘ That 's not what I 'm getting at , ’ said Louise . |
| 11 | I , that 's not what I 'm saying Trevor . |
| 12 | Th th th th that 's not what I 'm saying . |
| 13 | ‘ Oh , that 's not what I 'm saying ! ’ |
| 14 | He said , ‘ That 's not what I 'm asking for . ’ |
| 15 | No , that 's not what I 'm doing , I just wan na see which erm which building society sorry , which erm not building society , which erm |
| 16 | ‘ That 's not what I 'm talking about . |
| 17 | ‘ That 's not what I was talking about , ’ Maria protested resentfully , just remembering to keep her voice low . |
| 18 | ‘ No doubt you are , but that 's not what I was meaning . |
| 19 | well er , I , I , no , that 's , that 's , that 's not what I was saying , I was saying article eighty five then concerned with , what one could describe as a malign or bad prevention , restriction or distortion |