Example sentences of "[not/n't] be bother " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I have to tell you that Craig will not be bothering you any longer , he has found somewhere else to stay . ’
2 How could you show that this was not because chocolate bars , sweets , etc. , are more likely to be eaten since your depression means that you can not be bothered to cook a proper meal ?
3 As he showed all his form on fast ground last season he will not be bothered by the going but he has to give 15lb to Bonnie Artist .
4 As he showed all his form on fast ground last season he will not be bothered by the going but he has to give 15lb to Bonnie Artist .
5 Mary said she really could not be bothered .
6 Meantime anyone wishing to help can offer to do the shopping , cleaning , washing and ironing — all the things that a bereaved person just can not be bothered with .
7 Then I got so that I could not be bothered .
8 He could not be bothered to read anything longer than a single sheet of paper , and even that with great difficulty , and got so bored when any detail was explained to him that he often fell asleep .
9 Manor held the title of Custodian of Absentee Property — the word ‘ Absentee ’ giving the curious impression that the absent person could not be bothered to return .
10 The calculations needed to refine quantum chromodynamics , the theory of the strong nuclear force between quarks , are so tedious that theorists can not be bothered to do them .
11 A quite surprising number belong to people who simply can not be bothered .
12 You certainly had to be tough to live at Tullivers after the Admiral had gone , for Lucy Trigg , in her eighties , could not be bothered to have any domestic help , nor could she be bothered to light fires , to cook meals for herself , nor to clean the house and tend the garden .
13 We could not be bothered arguing with him . ’
14 I have heard a lot of silly arguments from anglers who can not be bothered to learn touch legering .
15 Her mother could not be bothered with her .
16 He could not be bothered to check his pockets , what ( his wild night , all this booze , the booze he had drank ) he had left of his money .
17 Otherwise , after a hard day 's work in the middle of winter , you will find that you can not be bothered to make the effort to go along and you will have wasted the fees .
18 We feel tired and sluggish and can not be bothered to do anything .
19 We were not surprised that our son just could not be bothered .
20 As we have seen , the usual belief is that what teachers need is descriptions , with the implication that they need not be bothered with the theoretical ideas upon which they are based .
21 Personal neglect , perhaps arising from social isolation , loneliness or depression , can lead to elderly people who can not be bothered to prepare good food , relying on quick and easy foods , thereby getting an unbalanced diet .
22 Sharpe was holding his own sword low beside his stirrup , almost as if he could not be bothered to fight .
23 These investors can not be bothered to attend annual general meetings : many companies conclude theirs in well under an hour .
24 Busy executives should not be bothered by trifling matters , so the receptionist must learn how to classify calls and route them to the person best suited to deal with them .
25 My favourite statistic of the match , however , is that six of the England team have the middle initial A. I can not be bothered to check whether this has ever happened before , but I doubt it .
26 The long awaited guide to the Ormes , by Steve Meyers , has appeared , but one marvels at the arrogance of a publisher who can not be bothered to credit in full the first ascent teams .
27 When Tom told his grandmother he was moving out of her house and confessed — because since the accident he had also stopped lying , could not be bothered with prevarication — that he had been busking at stations , she told him she was horrified , she was disappointed in him .
28 As Nayacakalou ( 1961 , p. 125 ) has said , ‘ the people in a village can not be bothered with neat pigeonholes — what they are concerned about are the exigencies of their daily lives ’ .
29 Besides , he could not be bothered to re-write it .
30 She knew what had happened but could not be bothered to deal with it .
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