Example sentences of "[vb base] not be [adj] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her only admonition was , ‘ Do n't be late for supper . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Do n't be sorry for me , I do n't want your pity ! ’ |
| 3 | Do n't be unprepared for your honeymoon , choose from this selection of useful things to help your trip run smoothly . |
| 4 | I 've not been bad for a long long time . |
| 5 | I have many points to answer , rather than respond to hon. Members who have not been present for the full debate . |
| 6 | The past 10 years have not been easy for the profession . |
| 7 | Such data have not been available for the public sector in England and Wales until the OPCS Survey of School Leavers ( Redpath and Harvey , 1987 ) . |
| 8 | All young people falling into that category but over the age of 18 who have not been available for YT because of disability , ill health , pregnancy , a custodial sentence , remand or language difficulty are entitled to an offer of a suitable YT programme and to receive such training . |
| 9 | The newcomers , of course , have not been responsible for this loss of rural autonomy — indeed , they have been equally affected by the growing remoteness of decision-making . |
| 10 | Up to now , it has been argued , many who have been able to influence the consumption of fuel in non-domestic buildings ( by altering the heating , lighting or ventilation in their own immediate environments ) have not been responsible for paying for the fuel which they consume . |
| 11 | Cases of the latter type , where the adjective is used only to aid identification and does not actually apply to the entity of the phrase , closely resemble the great bulk of noun + noun phrases in their structural value , examples such as : ( 11 ) army manoeuvres the piano factory a sea monster an angle bracket However , even among noun + noun phrases , certain specimens occur which are clearly analogous to the former type ; as in : ( 12 ) a doctor journalist ( or doctor-journalist ) Chancellor Kohl a bed-settee These would permit an affirmative answer to our diagnostic test , although normally it is necessary to allow a little leeway in the shape of an added determiner to allow for this requirement of English : ( 13 ) Maurice is a journalist and he is also a doctor 2.3 It would be useful to have names for the two types of adjectival use , and there are fortunately two terms available which fall in the right semantic area and which have not been pre-empted for any other widely accepted technical linguistic purpose . |
| 12 | Things have n't been easy for Nora since your father died . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ These last two days have n't been easy for me . ’ |
| 14 | I have n't been happy for a long time but now I think I 'm going to be . ’ |
| 15 | I have n't been happy for the last few months and when an old girlfriend asked me out I went along and enjoyed myself . |
| 16 | I sto I have n't been sick for er about a week |