Example sentences of "[adj] [pron] be not [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You 're damn right I 'm not trying . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Sorry I 'm not laying any criticism anywhere |
| 4 | I 'm not I 'm sorry I 'm not singing . |
| 5 | Cause I 'm sorry I 'm not giving you money after that . |
| 6 | 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 |
| 7 | Well I keep threatening if he does fall asleep I 'm not gon na wake him up ! |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | I 'm not trying to , do n't get me wrong I 'm not trying to say pack this in and do that . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm afraid I 'm not following you . ’ |
| 12 | I 'm afraid I 'm not going to make the party , though . ’ |
| 13 | I 'm afraid I 'm not helped much |
| 14 | ‘ I 'm sorry , I 'm afraid I 'm not feeling quite right … ’ |
| 15 | I am afraid I was not born to obey ! |
| 16 | If your scales are wrong you 're not progressing are you ? |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Her seat on the board was never formally revoked ; it was just that it was clear she was not to use it . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | " 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 . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'm afraid she 's not allowed any other visitors . ’ |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | We 've got to be very careful we 're not tying our hands behind our backs . |
| 26 | ‘ However , I 'm afraid we 're not going to be given much time off until we 've sent the Huns back to Germany where they belong , with their tails between their legs . ’ |
| 27 | I 'm afraid we 're not allowed to er , Neil . |
| 28 | But biblical writers use similar phrases in contexts where it is clear they are not speaking of the whole world as we understand it ( Genesis 41:56–57 ; Acts 2:5 ) . |
| 29 | Their father made it clear they were not to blame for the situation and today neither recalls feeling guilty . |
| 30 | The hotel has facilities for small dogs at a charge of 90p per day , but I am afraid they are not allowed in the public rooms . |