Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [am/are] not [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Since you claim that your objectives are the same as mine , and that you 're not here to work against me , as I 'd supposed , I 'm going to put you in charge , as it were … make you responsible … ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Dr. Briant , let me tell you here and now that we are not here to make judgments . |
| 3 | And I am not here to lose you readers . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Yes , I see you do , ’ he agreed , ‘ and I 'm not here to make difficulties . |
| 5 | ‘ There is a great public demand for information on food and nutrition — and we are not here to sell a particular line , ’ he said . |
| 6 | Erm for what it 's worth , I 'll give you my suggestions about what we should do as far as ticket prices are concerned er , having taken in a view of the most important factor of the treasurer 's comments but also bearing in mind that we did have high recurring expenses this year , which wo n't apply in future and we 're not here to make money . |
| 7 | The myths are not all equally available to the novel , and they are not enough to explain it . |
| 8 | But I 'm not here to play that role . |
| 9 | ‘ But I 'm not here to make judgements , only to see if you 've broken anything . |
| 10 | ‘ I get criticised for not going to the cinema to see people 's reaction — but I 'm not there to review the audience . ’ |
| 11 | Erm the , the instructions I 've got is be courteous but we 're not here to answer questions . |
| 12 | But we 're not here to solve the robbery of a watch . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ She has made a super fitness video and the advance royalties together with her earnings from a Swedish TV chat show have helped financially , but they are not enough to maintain her in Beverly Hills luxury . |
| 14 | It tears my heart out whenever I hear of a mining tragedy and because I am not there to help or even to sympathise , something inside me feels the need to shout to all people , southerners especially who have never had fathers , husbands , sons to worry about when each day they are swallowed into the apron of the earth . |
| 15 | This is not because it is so special or secret that I do not want to divulge it — indeed the patient will remember it quite well for himself — but because I do not want him to listen to that tape at some future date and begin to regress himself when I am not there to take charge of the situation . |
| 16 | This pattern of occasional rewards ( something we all experience in daily life ) will help your child to maintain a pattern of behaviour even when you are not there to give encouragement to him . |
| 17 | But rest assured : in the longer term , giving reasons will certainly foster their compliance and , most important , the sort of reliability you can depend upon even when you are not there to keep an eye on things . |
| 18 | When there are not enough to go round ? |
| 19 | She describes the context of the child care service , the preventive services and what happens when they are not enough to maintain children at home . |