Example sentences of "[be] not [verb] about the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am not talking about the ongoing struggle towards black liberation , for there is much more to the emancipation of blacks than opposition to racism . |
| 2 | I am not talking about the long run , he wrote . |
| 3 | And I am not talking about the drunken louts who beat their wives to death in a cellar . |
| 4 | If we say that characterising the topic framework is a means of making explicit some of the assumptions a speaker can make about his hearer 's knowledge , we are not talking about the total knowledge which the speaker believes he shares with his hearer . |
| 5 | We 're not talking about local authority homes , we are not talking about the voluntary sector , we are talking about the private homes which are run by private companies , or individuals , not on a voluntary basis , but on a profit basis . |
| 6 | ‘ We 're not talking about the same girl . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Perhaps not , but then I 'm not writing about the ancient world . |
| 8 | I 'm not talking about the bloody money . |
| 9 | No , I 'm not talking about the lost things . |
| 10 | I 'd be intrigued to know what those other two couples who were not informed about the cancelled christening feels . |
| 11 | I was n't thinking about the hundred ; it 's great batting with Jack because he 's so positive . |
| 12 | On August 8 Johnny Marr , who was n't consulted about the above communication , issued this reply to the NME : ‘ There is nothing approaching acrimony between myself and the other members of the band . |
| 13 | Yeah I was n't worrying about the six month 's free membership . |
| 14 | And if he was n't talking about the after life , he was talking about birds . ’ |