Example sentences of "[not/n't] be bothered " in BNC.
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| 1 | How could you show that this was not because chocolate bars , sweets , etc. , are more likely to be eaten since your depression means that you can not be bothered to cook a proper meal ? |
| 2 | As he showed all his form on fast ground last season he will not be bothered by the going but he has to give 15lb to Bonnie Artist . |
| 3 | As he showed all his form on fast ground last season he will not be bothered by the going but he has to give 15lb to Bonnie Artist . |
| 4 | Mary said she really could not be bothered . |
| 5 | Meantime anyone wishing to help can offer to do the shopping , cleaning , washing and ironing — all the things that a bereaved person just can not be bothered with . |
| 6 | Then I got so that I could not be bothered . |
| 7 | He could not be bothered to read anything longer than a single sheet of paper , and even that with great difficulty , and got so bored when any detail was explained to him that he often fell asleep . |
| 8 | Manor held the title of Custodian of Absentee Property — the word ‘ Absentee ’ giving the curious impression that the absent person could not be bothered to return . |
| 9 | The calculations needed to refine quantum chromodynamics , the theory of the strong nuclear force between quarks , are so tedious that theorists can not be bothered to do them . |
| 10 | A quite surprising number belong to people who simply can not be bothered . |
| 11 | You certainly had to be tough to live at Tullivers after the Admiral had gone , for Lucy Trigg , in her eighties , could not be bothered to have any domestic help , nor could she be bothered to light fires , to cook meals for herself , nor to clean the house and tend the garden . |
| 12 | We could not be bothered arguing with him . ’ |
| 13 | I have heard a lot of silly arguments from anglers who can not be bothered to learn touch legering . |
| 14 | Her mother could not be bothered with her . |
| 15 | He could not be bothered to check his pockets , what ( his wild night , all this booze , the booze he had drank ) he had left of his money . |
| 16 | Otherwise , after a hard day 's work in the middle of winter , you will find that you can not be bothered to make the effort to go along and you will have wasted the fees . |
| 17 | We feel tired and sluggish and can not be bothered to do anything . |
| 18 | We were not surprised that our son just could not be bothered . |
| 19 | As we have seen , the usual belief is that what teachers need is descriptions , with the implication that they need not be bothered with the theoretical ideas upon which they are based . |
| 20 | Personal neglect , perhaps arising from social isolation , loneliness or depression , can lead to elderly people who can not be bothered to prepare good food , relying on quick and easy foods , thereby getting an unbalanced diet . |
| 21 | Sharpe was holding his own sword low beside his stirrup , almost as if he could not be bothered to fight . |
| 22 | These investors can not be bothered to attend annual general meetings : many companies conclude theirs in well under an hour . |
| 23 | Busy executives should not be bothered by trifling matters , so the receptionist must learn how to classify calls and route them to the person best suited to deal with them . |
| 24 | My favourite statistic of the match , however , is that six of the England team have the middle initial A. I can not be bothered to check whether this has ever happened before , but I doubt it . |
| 25 | The long awaited guide to the Ormes , by Steve Meyers , has appeared , but one marvels at the arrogance of a publisher who can not be bothered to credit in full the first ascent teams . |
| 26 | When Tom told his grandmother he was moving out of her house and confessed — because since the accident he had also stopped lying , could not be bothered with prevarication — that he had been busking at stations , she told him she was horrified , she was disappointed in him . |
| 27 | As Nayacakalou ( 1961 , p. 125 ) has said , ‘ the people in a village can not be bothered with neat pigeonholes — what they are concerned about are the exigencies of their daily lives ’ . |
| 28 | Besides , he could not be bothered to re-write it . |
| 29 | She knew what had happened but could not be bothered to deal with it . |
| 30 | She was about to say , ‘ But — I never … ’ and then , could not be bothered . |