Example sentences of "[not/n't] here [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Is he not here to greet us ? ’ |
| 2 | But were you not here to greet me I would miss you . ’ |
| 3 | But I 'm I 'm not here to teach you how to do the pitch . |
| 4 | I 'm not here to receive compliments . ’ |
| 5 | Well no , that 's alright love , I 'm not here to arrange |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm not here to take your call . |
| 7 | Does the Secretary of State agree that it is quite outrageous that people should stand up in this Chamber and attack the character of someone who is not here to defend himself ? |
| 8 | I am not here to defend British Rail 's management decisions — I am usually better at condemning them — but during the passage of the legislation to which my hon. Friend referred earlier , British Rail stated that it had picked the least safe of the 100 crossings to which I have referred . |
| 9 | You 're hiding behind an old woman who 's not here to defend herself ! ’ |
| 10 | I am sorry that the hon. Member for Blackburn is not here to set the hon. Member for Leeds , Central right . |
| 11 | Erm the , the instructions I 've got is be courteous but we 're not here to answer questions . |
| 12 | Congress , I know I 'm speaking to the team , but it 's up to us and the activists who are not here to motivate our members and get this campaign off the ground and by supporting this motion , we will be putting the first foot on the ladder to defeating the government 's pay policy . |
| 13 | ‘ I 'm not here to watch television , ’ the Doctor said . |
| 14 | Erm as we were going through and we talked about a will , you said there there 's somebody you knew who would be able to , you know , who you 'd like to carry out your wishes if you were not here to carry them out yourself er I think it was , was it er John ? |
| 15 | But all the radical social workers who were there on a political and class base were asking the most difficult questions I have ever heard , saying ‘ We 're not here to service the medical profession . |
| 16 | Now I I 'm we 're not here to argue whether that 's a good thing or a bad thing , erm but nonetheless parents were , if you like , an attempt was being made to con them into voting on that particular issue under the guise of whether their children 's education would be better or worse , and I think many parents realized that . |
| 17 | Quite clearly the reason that people have been asked to come along this evening and have come along this evening is to put there points of view about how the see the theatre in the future what is programme facilities are the things that are n't happening here they feel should be happening here that 's what it 's for not here to serve any purpose for individuals to get up and make personal cuts on people or say what happen on a Saturday morning or a Thursday afternoon cos I |
| 18 | ‘ There is a great public demand for information on food and nutrition — and we are not here to sell a particular line , ’ he said . |
| 19 | And and therefore I 'm not here to sell you this or that . |
| 20 | ‘ I 'm not here to fix the city , rather to take the work that has already been done onto the next stage . |
| 21 | ‘ I am not here to lose , ’ he said , never far from the negative response . |
| 22 | And I am not here to lose you readers . ’ |
| 23 | As she put it : ‘ That man is not here to ask me questions . |
| 24 | I certainly can not stop you and she is not here to ask . ’ |
| 25 | She was not here to enjoy herself — well , not primarily — but to get that interview under way . |
| 26 | ‘ Look Ian , I 'm here to help you , I 'm not here to grind my own axe . |
| 27 | " Nevertheless , the year is coming rather near , " put in Vera , one of Amyas 's several maiden aunts , " and quite honestly I hope I 'm not here to see it . " |
| 28 | But he 's not here to see it , is he ? ’ |
| 29 | He 's not here to see his beloved Veronica looking more beautiful than any Botticelli nymph . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I 'm not here to judge you , Piper . |