Example sentences of "[am/are] not in the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I am not in the groove at all , ’ he muttered . |
| 2 | Take Ian Woosnam , who , if I turn my notebook back a week , I find saying such things as : ‘ I am not in the groove at all . |
| 3 | ‘ I am not in the way of trafficking with Humans , but I know of the Gruagach , ’ said the Robemaker , standing very still . |
| 4 | When I am not in the room with it , he wrote , it no longer exists . |
| 5 | ‘ Lord above , Mr Aycliffe , I am not in the market for a husband , you know ! |
| 6 | ‘ I am not in the habit of holding discussions with half-naked men , ’ she said coldly . |
| 7 | I am not in the business of arguing with either . |
| 8 | Boss Denis Smith , after Saturday 's 3–0 win over BIRMINGHAM , said : ‘ I am not in the business of selling my best players . ’ |
| 9 | I am not in the business of calibrating the relative evil of the atrocities carried out by the IRA , but I am conscious that the events that we have just witnessed come in the train of the attack on the remembrance day ceremony in Enniskillen four years ago , when 13 civilians were killed , and of the proxy bomb a year ago , which killed a civilian who had been tied to the driver 's seat of his vehicle . |
| 10 | ‘ I am not in the counsels of bishops and archbishops . |
| 11 | There is a marked concentration in the region of Sagittarius ( the Archer ) , and it was this which led to the discovery that we are having a lop-sided view of the Galaxy because we are not in the middle of it . |
| 12 | Many of the issues that women seek to raise are not in the interests of men . |
| 13 | They were extremely impressed by what he said and were buoyed up by his message that the Government are determined to ensure that the proposals on reform of the common agricultural policy are strongly resisted because they are not in the interests of Scotland 's farmers . |
| 14 | The schemes are not in the ownership of the police , local authorities , any political party or any business . |
| 15 | Beta versions are not in the plan before the end of the year . |
| 16 | Beta versions are not in the plan before the end of the year . |
| 17 | If , for example , the buyer sends his own lorry driven by one of his own employees to collect the goods , then the goods , once loaded onto the lorry , are not in the course of transit but are in the buyer 's possession . |
| 18 | You are not in the South of Ireland … . |
| 19 | Er B B C radio York you are not in the South of France but as it is persistently snowing around the county at the moment I thought you know a little French flavour . |
| 20 | Households and private firms can only increase their spending by using their savings or by borrowing — they are not in the position of being able to raise taxes or to print money for themselves . |
| 21 | We are not in the position of North America where IBM has until recently been a de facto standard and a unifying force . |
| 22 | It is now thought that the Transfer Regulations will apply to undertakings or parts of undertakings that are not in the nature of commercial ventures . |
| 23 | But men are not in the hands of blind fate , for karma speaks not only of the actions and thoughts of the past as explaining a man 's present condition or character , but also as creative of the future . |
| 24 | We are not in the sort of psychological laboratory where white-coated ad people administer a measured dose of pre-tested stimuli to pre-conditioned , salivating consumers . |
| 25 | Here we are not in the realm of childhood behaviour but we are in the realm of play . |
| 26 | Poor buyers need to be coaxed and coddled , they say , and they are not in the habit of visiting estate agents . |
| 27 | We are not in the habit of issuing personal threats but that was such a vicious slur that we 'll kick the shit out of him . |
| 28 | ‘ We are not in the business of polluting the environment , ’ Mr Wheeler insisted . |
| 29 | We are not in the business of popularity ; it is too bad if others do not like the cross . |
| 30 | We are not in the business of becoming pop stars . ’ |