Example sentences of "[adj] [pron] be not [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unfortunately in 1971 I was not protected from that most pernicious word by those inverted commas . |
| 2 | ‘ You 're damn right I 'm not trying . |
| 3 | Naturally , once the first paragraph of his letter met my eyes , I sat down with reassurance to say how sorry I was not to have written earlier and to have delayed giving him an account of the Italian visit . |
| 4 | Sorry I 'm not laying any criticism anywhere |
| 5 | I 'm not I 'm sorry I 'm not singing . |
| 6 | Cause I 'm sorry I 'm not giving you money after that . |
| 7 | for me to sign , I said I 'm sorry I 'm not signing them and I would n't sign any of them and he went back and he said alright then we 'll leave it in your husband 's name , I said yes you 'd better had cos he still owns the house , yet all those bills have come through , I 've had water rates come through in my name , I 've had the electricity come through it 's in my name , the only one bill that was never in his name , never has been is the telephone and that 's included |
| 8 | Well I keep threatening if he does fall asleep I 'm not gon na wake him up ! |
| 9 | So as a small token of appreciation , I just have two books or two copies of the same book which I would like to hand to your president and to your general secretary as a token of appreciation and it 's the authorized biography of Nelson Mandela of whom we are all very proud , considering what he has suffered through and what he has done and we hope that this little token will be a kind of memento for all your support but by doing this I 'm not saying that your support is over because the struggle continues . |
| 10 | Let me make it absolutely clear I 'm not suggesting er on behalf of Julie that there was any wickedness in your mind or anything . |
| 11 | I 'm not trying to , do n't get me wrong I 'm not trying to say pack this in and do that . |
| 12 | Peter , can I just say one thing , I 've er , erm , Jane do n't get me wrong I 'm not nit-picking right , but obviously erm , it must be er , the ideal time to cold call , nine to twelve , because Jane 's got cold calling down and Linda , from nine to twelve . |
| 13 | ‘ I 'm afraid I 'm not following you . ’ |
| 14 | I 'm afraid I 'm not going to make the party , though . ’ |
| 15 | I 'm afraid I 'm not helped much |
| 16 | ‘ I 'm sorry , I 'm afraid I 'm not feeling quite right … ’ |
| 17 | I am afraid I was not born to obey ! |
| 18 | If your scales are wrong you 're not progressing are you ? |
| 19 | Mr Major was clearly not going to get involved in that argument , and Mrs Thatcher 's made it clear she 's not going to get involved in debating the matter either . |
| 20 | Her seat on the board was never formally revoked ; it was just that it was clear she was not to use it . |
| 21 | While many hitherto disinterested onlookers could , perhaps , stomach the loss of several insect species ( even dragonflies and butterflies ) , there were few who were not moved by the prospect of extermination for a number of species of birds . |
| 22 | NEXT time you have a craving for yet another chocolate bar or long for a stream of passionate sexual encounters , be careful you 're not nursing a potential addiction . |
| 23 | " Goodness me , do n't start taking that as a compliment , she cares about everyone 's feelings , she 's an archetypal victim , she 's an absolute fool about other people 's feelings , and let me warn you , I may as well warn you , the more she dislikes somebody , the more somebody annoys her , the more careful she is not to hurt their feelings , in fact the only people she is ever rude to are people like me and Gabriel and Papa , I mean people she cares for enough not to worry about being fair to . |
| 24 | ‘ I 'm afraid she 's not allowed any other visitors . ’ |
| 25 | Juliet , I 'm afraid you 're not prepared for this search at all , you do n't know what you 've got into , and I think you ought to call it off right now . |
| 26 | One rather exciting will home made will I hasten to add I dealt with last year , the lady of some who was not getting on with her husband and I think although I 'm not absolutely sure that the handwriting is that of her sister and we have this form filled in and it mentioned the bank or special savings account and it mentioned the premium bonds and it mentioned everything in the back bedroom and the linen in the linen and the linen cupboard because she 'd brought all this lot and it failed to appoint an executor and it failed to deal with the residuary estate it meant that technically there was a partial intestacy , as there was a partial intestacy the rules applied to that , first person to inherit ? |
| 27 | But not for the Americans , nor the British who were not bombed heavily enough to prevent them from turning the experience into a basis for a cosy national myth . |
| 28 | In addition to those unemployed who are not claiming benefits , another form of ‘ hidden ’ unemployment exists among those people who are in paid employment , but whose services and skills are being underutilised . |
| 29 | But these they 've erm the religious parties you 've got build there , you know we 've got to expand Israel this is our homeland and if you do n't do this we 're not going to support you . |
| 30 | The exact date of this one is not known , but they were patented by Robert Archibald in 1858 . |