Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pers pn] [be] not [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course I 'm not because you 're at work |
| 2 | In my opinion it is not because they are not capable , it 's because they are not given the opportunity . |
| 3 | We need stability over the medium term at the very least in order to produce the units that we need , not this sort of one minute you 're off , one minute you 're not and again , if you were serious the resources were already there , there in terms of the capital receipts that people already had . |
| 4 | ‘ King he is not and can not be , for King Richard was well alive when this man took the crown , and an abdication under duress is no valid abdication and can not confer a valid right . |
| 5 | ‘ At my age it 's not as though I 'm going to be snapped up at any other club . |
| 6 | In an ideal world of course they 're not but but I 'm saying if if you 're looking for a quick fix then that 's a quick fix . |
| 7 | When you have finished the novel it is not that you have really finished it , but that you have decided to do no more work on it . |
| 8 | In my own case it was not that I was considered pastorally unsuitable , or academically unable , which led to my being refused ordination . |
| 9 | One should note that within the text it is not until a good three-quarters of the tale has passed that Wilekin is identified as a clerk , in the exchange between Margery and Dame Sirith over the weeping bitch . |
| 10 | and it 's like I said mum it 's not because I do n't trust Angela |
| 11 | And of course it was not until the eyes and nose began to discharge that the boy became worried and brought him to see me . |
| 12 | roles like Mrs is interested in fashion he 's not and then to say to wear her housecoats and then erm her different to what |
| 13 | So I hope you 'll understand that if I do n't include my subscription with this letter it 's not because I do n't support you and if I shop in Smiths it 's not because I want them to sell pornography . |
| 14 | Oh , he 's got to get motivated cos if we 're going away we got to save some pennies up and if we commit ourselves then we 've got to save pennies up , it 's no good coming and saying to me you 're going away next week , I shall turn round and say sod you matey we 're not cos we 've got no bloody money . |
| 15 | ‘ This time I 'm not considering you , ’ Luke returned callously , and produced a brilliant smile . |
| 16 | I know for a fact I 'm not cos all I 've done all week is sit on my bum and watch telly and eat a lot . |
| 17 | It has a vested interest in brainwashing people into believing that they are happy , when in fact they are not and could not possibly be . |
| 18 | This time it was not because of the cold . |
| 19 | In fact it 's not that the memory is lost , so much as the person ca n't get out the facts which are stored in the memory . |
| 20 | erm Helium does liquify at a much lower temperature than any other element and in fact it was not until erm this century that erm helium was finally liquified . |
| 21 | Despite giving Wynne this nonstop array of almost magical material it was not until late 1962 , after the Cuban crisis was over , that both Penkovsky and Wynne were arrested by the KGB . |