Example sentences of "[pron] be [not/n't] [verb] [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am not arguing here for a return to streaming or special provision for children with exceptional gifts . |
| 2 | You know , I suspect I 'm not cut out for brothels . |
| 3 | I tell you , I 'm not giving you a penny more for clothes , I 'm not paying for any driving lessons when you 're seventeen , I 'm not shelling out for another disco , I 'm not giving you another lift to a party that everyone else in your year 's going to and you 'd be a freak if you missed it . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm not coming back for a while . |
| 5 | So I 'm not creeping back for my job but anything erm it 's not that and erm But the lads in the lodge sometimes you 've got to and er I 've got a bit of er well a speery voice you know rough so sometimes I get a little bit of control on them and erm also as I said about these chaps that are working , erm we 're not blind , we know what 's happening and we 've got sympathy even with them . |
| 6 | I said , oh go a bit later then , I goes cos I 'll make it quarter past seven I 'm not sitting round for half an hour , not like kiddos |
| 7 | And er I thought well I wo n't really , and I probably did n't like losing anyway you know I I I was never a good loser I do n't think , and I thought no I sha n't get many votes and I 'll look silly I 'm not putting in for it . |
| 8 | I 'm not going then for oh ages . |
| 9 | I was not crying out for pain pills or anything . |
| 10 | But it instantly became clear that I was n't speaking just for myself . ’ |
| 11 | dir : I was n't arguing just for randomised controlled trials — but we do need hard facts like those which experiments provide . |
| 12 | I was n't playing well for the rest of the team , and that is one of my strengths , because even when I 'm not scoring I know I can contribute . |
| 13 | she was in this hospita , the , the City Hospital in Chester which is not used now for that . |
| 14 | All your enthusiasm vanishes ; not only have you not been able to ‘ do ’ it , but you are now convinced you are not cut out for mathematics teaching at all and none of your pupils could produce anything like that . |
| 15 | A problem arises with sample offers if you are not geared up for individual direct mail dispatch . |
| 16 | Although its giant neighbour , Ben Alder , can be viewed from the A9 at the top of Loch Ericht , and the peak further west along its ridge , Aonach Beag , can be seen briefly from the A86 if you 're not fishing about for an extra strong mint in the glove compartment , Carn Dearg reveals itself only to those prepared to sweat a bit . |
| 17 | Have you decided you 're not cut out for a permanent relationship ? |
| 18 | You 're not coming home for three months ? |
| 19 | She said if you 're not coming home for if you 're not coming home for dinner I 'll boil you an egg |
| 20 | She said if you 're not coming home for if you 're not coming home for dinner I 'll boil you an egg |
| 21 | Just had to leave because Dad says If you 're not working there for eight and sixpence a week , when you had to leave one job at twelve and six . |
| 22 | How do you know you 're not paying now for something you 'll get later ? ) |
| 23 | In fact , knew it for certain when , ‘ Since you 're not going anywhere for a while , perhaps you 'd like to take a seat now , ’ he suggested . |
| 24 | You 're not going back for a month ? |
| 25 | ‘ I 'm sure she was n't taken in for a moment about — about me . ’ |
| 26 | She was not cut out for subterfuge . |
| 27 | GROWING up on a tobacco farm was enough to convince Cheryl Boston that she was not cut out for the agricultural life . |
| 28 | We are not employed just for work — dull , boring , monotonous work . |
| 29 | Even if the species did so , we would have little or no chance of picking up the message , because — to repeat — we are not looking out for it . |
| 30 | I wish that we had been able during the last few months to persuade our European colleagues that we are not arguing just for a narrow British position . |