Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] not [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have been constantly told what a fine man he was and I regret not being able to experience and appreciate his qualities first-hand as I have grown from a child to an adult . |
| 2 | I regret not being able to deal with the subject of community care policy as extensively as its importance deserves , although there is a general discussion in Chapter 3 . |
| 3 | That night I tried not being decent , being sharp and bitchy , instead . |
| 4 | I could n't understand why I 'd not been killed when there were so many others who … |
| 5 | I 'd not been thinking of us as boyfriend and girlfriend , you see . |
| 6 | I 'd not been in London long and those lesbian and gay friends I had were involved in squatting more than gay liberation . |
| 7 | Not only had I proved myself a liar but I 'd not been much good at school and did n't even get my leaving certificate . |
| 8 | And when I , I mean when I , I actu actually felt quite emotional cos I 'd not been to Park to see a match for a long time and I mean we 're living up here erm , and er , I just felt quite emotional when I got out and saw that lovely pitch it was in perfect |
| 9 | I feared that , but I must always have wanted it too , because when you had me dismissed from that job — Oh , I hated that , I hated not being able to see you any more , but I thought it was you I hated . |
| 10 | ‘ I like not being able to breathe . ’ |
| 11 | I remember not being able to stand outside a phone kiosk any longer and dragging out a man who was obviously gossiping therein . |
| 12 | I remember not being able to face certain people for months afterwards . |
| 13 | I remember not being greatly shocked by the sad occurrence itself , which followed a lengthy illness . |
| 14 | she said she was gon na ring me back , but you see I have n't been here this afternoon so I 'll perhaps ring again tomorrow . |
| 15 | I ca n't I have n't been bloody , yeah you have now , I 've still got ta get to there yet before I can bloody buy anything |
| 16 | And they 've gone all , you see I have n't been eating them so they 've been in the fridge and they 've gone all soft . |
| 17 | No , from what I said this morning I meant not being there , without realising that |
| 18 | because I do n't speak to at all now and that ca n't be right and the reason I do n't is because I know the response I 'm gon na get , blank look |
| 19 | I did n't tell you what Emma thought because I do n't is that a blank page ? |
| 20 | I do n't was is about school ? |
| 21 | Is that maybe the other side , but I do n't be Wendy 's side . |
| 22 | Better that I do n't that I do n't be proud better live in harmony . |
| 23 | Yes I am but I do n't being as far away as I am |
| 24 | I am not taking an easy road and that I risk not being understood by many fellow countrymen , " he wrote , " but this is the only road I can follow in conscience . |
| 25 | Jane : No I did n't is certainly confrontational but it 's of little interest dramatically . |
| 26 | Oh I did n't is want Chip and Dale on |
| 27 | I did n't be sick . |
| 28 | And the one time I did n't was the one time I was wrong . |
| 29 | I 'ave n't been back to Tyler 's 'ard from that day to this — I could n't bear to . |
| 30 | Alison was n't keen to take hers , but I managed to persuade her , pointing out that since I had n't been asked for any more money these were almost certainly aspirins . |