Example sentences of "[am/are] not [verb] [adv prt] the [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | By examining social processes , I am not throwing out the baby with the bath water : I do concede that inherited properties play a part . |
2 | I am concerned that many young people with learning difficulties are not taking up the assessment offered in their final year of education . |
3 | Tenants and their staff are not carried on the company payroll . |
4 | I am happy to give my hon. Friend the assurance that we are not going down the route of a federal Europe . |
5 | Perhaps you 're not picking up the tone . |
6 | As long as you 're not going up the village |
7 | You 're na you 're not going down the pit ? |
8 | I said No , no-one at home was , Everyone at home had said , You 're not going down the pit . |
9 | ’ We 're not turning over the phetam to the FedPol , ’ I told her . |
10 | You know , maybe we pick someone from groups who 've been doing a lot of good work lately , perhaps or something or you know some something like that , just er so they 're not left out the frame |
11 | I 'm glad I , I 'm not going up the chimney ! |
12 | ‘ How quick and how right you are ; we could deal very well together — you 'll find I am a generous lover , as long as you understand I 'm not walking up the aisle with you , or any other woman . ’ |
13 | But I 'm not giving up the day job — yet . |
14 | ‘ Because we are n't going down the ladder . |