Example sentences of "they [be] not [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would normally do the PM first thing tomorrow but they are n't expecting me back at the hospital until Monday and the PM room is tied up until the afternoon . |
| 2 | They are n't calling them up , surely ? ’ |
| 3 | And when they are really involved in finding things out — even though they are n't doing it right , or getting the right answer . |
| 4 | They 're not they are n't allowed they are n't qualified to bugger about with |
| 5 | ‘ They grudgingly agreed , but they are not producing them for general sale . |
| 6 | His lively and entertaining speech proved our long-held view of the sales force that when they are not annoying us , they are out playing golf ! |
| 7 | But they know my ancestral chain so they are not trying it on too much . ’ |
| 8 | As a suggestion , could I ask you to consider whether Constabulary could share the Heather/Sally machine when they are not using it ? |
| 9 | Under Common Law everyone is bound by duty to care for others by ensuring that they are not endangering them in any way . |
| 10 | When they complain about ‘ stress ’ they are not saying they want to spend the rest of their lives lazing about in the sun being brought rum bamboozles on a silver tray ( though the idea has its appeal ) . |
| 11 | If they are not doing it in training they ca n't expect to come into the side . |
| 12 | ( At present , securities houses offer their private clients the best price in the market , even if they are not offering it on their screens . ) |
| 13 | When the fish is moving at speed and they are not required they are clamped to the fish 's sides fitting exactly into depressions and grooves on the surface . |
| 14 | They are not finding it easy . |
| 15 | These dates have now become a bone of contention in Hong Kong as rugby administrators in the British territory have belatedly realised — even though they are not admitting it — that the Japanese have outsmarted them and gained a precious advantage for the next World Cup . |
| 16 | ‘ Why they are not playing it on the Saturday , I do n't know . |
| 17 | But at this stage they are not linking them . |
| 18 | ‘ They 're not using it any more so they 've said I can use it for canteen stuff . |
| 19 | But do n't you remember they kept kept saying they were going to shut us down shut us down and then six months later we went there and then ah no they 're not shut us down and |
| 20 | older women , losing height a lot of pain from these fractures and it 's bones that are too porous so they 're not holding you up sufficiently as you get older . |
| 21 | I do n't think I like to see women dancing at all when they 're not hopping they 're undulating . ’ |
| 22 | Erm you 're fairly Are you 're fairly confident that they 're not telling us a porky about this ? |
| 23 | They 're not telling us anything new . |
| 24 | The other thing is um , and you can spot this from correlation , matrixes and and factor analyses , erm if there 's a lot of items that correlate quite highly together you can boot some of them out because they 're not telling you anything that the other items do n't already tell you sort of thing . |
| 25 | Yeah but I do n't , see savings they 've got on suits at the moment , special offers on them cos they 're not shifting them . |
| 26 | They 're not pursuing it until we put these things out . |
| 27 | I said , it hurt the captain because we 've been used to you know , ferrying everybody about , and I said , do n't d say that people are unkind because they they 're not taking you and carrying you about . |
| 28 | They 're not taking it lying down . |
| 29 | But Forest manager Clough , already upset with his team 's disappointing start , yesterday declared : ‘ Both players have been to see me about new contracts but they 're not getting them . |
| 30 | And they 're not getting them at the moment . |