Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [be] not " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't know where they was actually , somewhere on The Chase I think but I 'm not sure where I 'm not sure where they come from . |
| 2 | The board saying they wanted to sell him will have made him think ‘ Why not , no point hanging round where I 'm not wanted ’ . |
| 3 | For three separate periods I have taken up quarters , each time for several weeks , where I was not known , and as a lodger have shared the lives of people … |
| 4 | ‘ Either I am pardoned , or I am not . ’ |
| 5 | I 'm thinking : I 'm not wearing this , or I 'm not wearing that , my leg shows in that ; but it 's funny , it 's only really at parties that I worry about things like that . |
| 6 | Edward 's ‘ forthright ’ , breathy style lends itself naturally to blues ( Mississippi Lad or I 'm not your fool any more , also featuring Waits on vocals , and the soft and low Ballad for a Bronze Beauty ) , but less well to the rest of the album , parts of which also have an oddly out of character Brazilian flavour . |
| 7 | ‘ Tell me now , or I 'm not going to be able to . ’ |
| 8 | And er I mean th the o the question you would use for , for this one is tell me , what are your thou what is it , what are your thoughts on pensions , you know , what are your thoughts on retirement , how do you feel about it just open up for the guy to say it 's very important or I 'm not interested , oh that 's interesting why do you say that . |
| 9 | Or somebody 's not there . |
| 10 | It also gave employers legal remedies against industrial action in which no dispute exists between employers and their own employees or which is not wholly or mainly about employment matters . |
| 11 | The main doubts about level and standards in higher education probably relate to new or interdisciplinary courses for which the criteria are not well established , or courses which have atypical entrants ( e.g. ‘ unqualified ’ mature students ) or which are not assessed in conventional ways ( e.g. with a heavy reliance on course or project work rather than unseen examinations ) . |
| 12 | ( 3 ) A statement as to whether the firm will undertake transactions with or for the customer in investments which are not on-exchange or which are not readily realisable investments . |
| 13 | before going to any big event where you are not sure you will be able to cope ( eg to an interview , to a meeting , to a party , to an exam ) . |
| 14 | Where you 're not buying from a trader , you 're buying from an ordinary member of the public . |
| 15 | That 'll teach you , gilgul , trying to tag along where you 're not wanted . |
| 16 | You are either strong-willed or you are not . |
| 17 | You are an optimistic type , or you are not . |
| 18 | Either you are in showbusiness or you are not . |
| 19 | Therefore if you have a limited budget , or you are not sure if you 'll take to machine knitting , this would be a good machine to start with . |
| 20 | Lawyer A checked in his books , but said that it was as he had feared ‘ You are either insured or you are not . |
| 21 | You either are or you 're not . |
| 22 | If that does n't attract you or you 're not interested in the solitary life of home exercise , you could instead try Step Reebok , the latest buzzword in exercise-to-music , which we used to call aerobics , did n't we ? |
| 23 | You 're either going to believe me or you 're not . |
| 24 | You 're either with the enemy or you 're not . |
| 25 | Or you 're not allowed |
| 26 | You know , I , I maintain if you 're gardening you 're thinking about work , or you 're not thinking about watering or whatever you should be doing in gardening . |
| 27 | Have you any questions you got at all , or you 're not sure ? |
| 28 | Or you 're not going to Lee Ann 's . |
| 29 | The weather 's a bit grotty or you know , or you 're not feeling too good , it 's easier to get a car , you know , to get a lift in with someone . |
| 30 | Get her back on or she 's not having this I 'm sorry about that hang on just a minute block your ears I 'm just going to spin round again okay hang on oops er are you their Rachael are you there ? |