Example sentences of "[pron] [am/are] not [verb] or " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am not spreading or sagging , the glow of an early sun tan had probably removed a year or two and I 've discovered that lipstick does wonders , but there could have been little doubt in his mind that I was closer in age to his mother than to him . |
| 2 | I can enjoy the experience of killing or being wounded fully , because I am not killing or being killed . |
| 3 | I may prefer that people should not be malicious about me behind my back , even if I am not to know or even be affected by it , and that certain deathbed wishes of mine be carried out without supposing I will persist to be affected by them . |
| 4 | And er , then I should go to the bobbin shop and ask them if they could get these done today and er , well we got this on , I said no but I , we want it if you could leave them on one side and erm I used to er I , I became , if I might say so and I 'm not boasting or bragging or anything , Michael , I 'm trying to tell you the situation as it was and er I was a very important man to and er they er got me er at one time to er figure out , they , they used to make what was called Woolworths locks . |
| 5 | If I 'm not working or away , I 'm doing the garden . |
| 6 | I 'm not signing or changing anything Richard until we have exchanged contracts |
| 7 | The particular point of interest ( Table 12b ) is the extent of any difference between the attitudes of people who are not using or have not used a type of credit , and the attitudes of those who have : when the attitudes of non-users are different , this may suggest either a misapprehension , or sometimes some genuine difference — in either case , perhaps worth further exploration . |
| 8 | In some schools , particularly in urban areas , there are teachers who are not teaching or are teaching very few hours , while in others teachers are coping with very large classes . |
| 9 | Grass has been the main diet for horses since the horse evolved and although it varies in nutritional quality throughout the year it does provide a balanced diet for most animals who are not working or breeding . |
| 10 | On the magazine publishing front it is hard to find publishers who are not investigating or actively using the technology . |
| 11 | This is not just a matter of showing that you are not stealing or plagiarising other people 's work . |
| 12 | If you are using your own office rather than an interview room , arrange for telephone calls to be intercepted and make sure you are not disturbed or distracted while interviewing . |
| 13 | Yeah no but I mean passive smoking is just that 's , that 's , that 's the way that self erm s smoking is so selfish because you ca n't get away , you know , whether you 're not smoking or not you 're still getting the worst from it . |
| 14 | Besides , you know , it 's too trivial , there 's too many important things , like why have n't you got the special offer on display , to even bother to tell why you 're not , why you 're not performing or if anything is n't going right . |
| 15 | ‘ Does that mean you 're not saying or that you 're not sure ? |
| 16 | And even when we are not speaking or being spoken to , messages from other ‘ languages ’ crowd in upon us : horns toot , lights flash , laws restrain , hoardings proclaim , smells attract or repel , tastes delight or disgust , even the ‘ feel ’ of objects systematically communicates something meaningful to us . |
| 17 | ‘ We are not thinking or talking about the past , ’ he insisted . |
| 18 | Er we are not required or intending to look at objections which have been submitted on other aspects of the structure plan . |
| 19 | Any vegetables can be ordered with these dishes , as long as you are sure they are not cooked or served with fat . |
| 20 | In some of the odes , this compositional method has a wayward look , perhaps leaving the modern reader with the suspicion that the poem is structurally flawed.1 It is not particularly troublesome in " Diffugere nives " ; even so , there are throughout the poem points at which a reader needs to take connections on trust , or ventures to read them into the text , because they are not foregrounded or overtly articulated . |
| 21 | All the enterprising , healthy people have left for other planets on which the replicants are slaves and soldiers ( they are not wanted or permitted on Earth , with the doubtful exception of Rachael ) . |
| 22 | Dumper trucks will normally not be classified as motor vehicles as they are not intended or adapted for use on roads . |
| 23 | If they start to fall beneath their percentile band then they are not growing or gaining weight at the expected rate and it is important to try to determine why this is happening . |
| 24 | If ever you see bream at the surface moving in several different directions , or merely lying with their backs or just the tip of their dorsal fins out of the water , or cruising sedately along , then they are not rolling or feeding bream . |
| 25 | However , as explained at page 32 below , dealings on exchanges which are not recognised investment exchanges ( RIEs ) or designated investment exchanges ( DIEs ) may in fact be treated as " off-exchange " for the purposes of the COB Rules ; moreover , qualifying futures contracts may still be within the money market exemption ( see page 24 below ) provided that they are not bought or sold , or expressed to be as bought or sold , on an RIE . |
| 26 | Last week the UK Department of Health confirmed its earlier recommendations that the risk of cot death is reduced if infants are laid to sleep on their backs , if they are not exposed to cigarette smoke before or after birth , and if they are not overwrapped or overheated , especially when feverish or unwell . |
| 27 | They are not condemning or denouncing this from the pulpit , ’ said Mr Greer . |
| 28 | Sometimes X sells goods to Y who in turn sells them to Z. Sometimes , however , Y acts as X 's agent in selling to Z. In the former case Z buys his goods from Y and if they are not delivered or are defective Z can look to his seller , Y , and if necessary can sue him for breach of his contract of sale . |
| 29 | It pays not to overfeed adult ferrets at times when they are not working or they become fat and lazy . |
| 30 | they 're not working or on a scheme |