Example sentences of "[pron] be [not/n't] [verb] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm not prepared for the deafening ‘ bang ’ as the sides of the box collapse and my moment of entry is masked by puthers of ‘ smoke ’ . |
| 2 | I 'm not looking for the exotic in my photographs . |
| 3 | I 'm not looking for the exotic in my photographs . |
| 4 | Well I 'm not arguing for the exclusion of eleven , I 'm just trying to er give a balanced interpretation as to how it should be assessed . |
| 5 | You mean I 'm not heading for the end of me . |
| 6 | You mean I 'm not heading for the end of me . |
| 7 | But I was not prepared for the raking over of academic arguments on defining poverty around when John Moore , then Secretary of State for Social Services , said poverty no longer existed . |
| 8 | I did n't know what I expected ( chanting and rune casting , perhaps ) , but I was n't prepared for the tingling sensation affecting the areas of my body immediately underneath her small hands . |
| 9 | Over the past few years , the quality of in-service training courses for teachers has improved greatly , but I was n't prepared for the effort [ and financial resources ] that had obviously been put into the ‘ Quality in Action ’ workshop . |
| 10 | ‘ I was n't heading for the exit ! |
| 11 | This would form the basis of a scheme for protecting all words of store from being manipulated by instructions which are not defined for the relevant data format . |
| 12 | The question is how do ‘ cultural revolutionary ’ cadres work within a framework of democracy , a word which is not emphasized for the purposes of irony but to indicate what still remains the central principle on which cultural revolution must be conducted . |
| 13 | The members of the new lower class , of those who are not chosen for the meritocracy , not only are at the bottom but are there because they both deserve to be and know it . |
| 14 | With the Royal you are not covered for the first £100 of any claim , unless you pay an additional premium of 10% , which will reduce the excess to £50 . |
| 15 | You are not training for the next Olympics , just getting a little fitter and making your heart work more efficiently and become stronger . |
| 16 | I am sure you are not to blame for the iniquitous nature of this wretched will . ’ |
| 17 | Well you 'd think they could because you are not paying for the service are you ? |
| 18 | be seen to at the eye hospital , Sir John said in January I 'll send you to Altrincham because they have a specialist , go to the , like they have one go to the Cottage , each , a different like a skin one day , summat , so like you 're there and you 're not traipsing for the eye hospital |
| 19 | ‘ Perhaps you 're not trying for the prize of a wedding-ring ; if so , I apologise , though nothing can bring back what I 've taken from you . ’ |
| 20 | You 're not asking for the order , let's do some training on that . |
| 21 | ‘ You 're not going for the green , are you ? ’ |
| 22 | Originally Jesus probably directed this parable against the Jews who were not prepared for the coming of the Messiah and would not accept him . |
| 23 | You were n't looking for the cat , you were looking |
| 24 | ‘ That 's a very touching story , but it 'll take a little more than that to convince me that you were n't heading for the exit . ’ |
| 25 | She was n't dressed for the occasion : no gown , no satin slippers , no tiara . |
| 26 | Dr always insisting that she was n't campaigning for the legalization of cannabis . |
| 27 | But Robin-Anne did not react , and I looked down to see that she was not watching for the new day , but was crying . |
| 28 | Payment of income support is related to pension payment days , and she was not remunerated for the first five days of the elderly person 's occupation . |
| 29 | Campbeltown took the brunt of the shot and shell , her captain — Lieutenant-Commander S. ( Sam ) H. Beattie RN — blinded by search-lights yet making last-minute corrections to her course when a rift in the smoke showed she was not heading for the caisson , still 700 yards upriver . |
| 30 | On the other hand they are telling us we are not playing for the money but the love of the sport . |