Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] not [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ I am not making a great song and dance about it , ’ she said in a softly dangerous voice and , with a hint of ostentation in her movements , stirred a saccharin tablet into a cup of black coffee . |
2 | ‘ I 'm not wearing a bathing suit , ’ she snapped . |
3 | " I 'm not wearing a proper enough business suit to meet Sir Willie in , " she moaned . |
4 | But I 'm not refunding a whole House Full just because the police come in and close the show . |
5 | ‘ I 'm not suggesting a wholesale restructuring , merely that a few of the top ladies could benefit from participating at a higher level of competition ’ . |
6 | I said I 'm not getting a fair square deal here . |
7 | I 'm not pulling a funny face ! |
8 | I 'm not making a million dollars a performance , but I do damn well , and I do n't think people should make a million dollars for a film . |
9 | Only as we 've lost the last one , I 'm hanging on to , it 's hanging in my wardrobe , I 'm not making a third one |
10 | Erm I did say at the time if the Council agreed it was we would approve the new application it would only be if the original was rescinded and I did speak to the Town Clerk so there 's no need , I 'm not making a big issue , but I think the Council should be aware and the Town Clerk I believe has notified because again this is one of those things that could happen at a later date and as we all know if we have n't made these things perfectly clear . |
11 | I 'm not making a big fuss like Mary ! |
12 | ‘ OK ’ , they say ‘ I 'm not doing a good enough job at the moment . |
13 | TOTAL WATER HEATING OR NOT — I 'M NOT DOING A NUDE SCENE . |
14 | I 'm not proposing a massed demo . |
15 | Great Scott , I 'm not having a little five-year-old brigand sitting with the senior girls and boys in the top form . |
16 | I 'm not paying a bloody hell of a lot ! |
17 | ‘ I hope I 'm not interrupting a feminist discussion , but I want to ask you something . |
18 | I was not expecting a personal visit . ’ |
19 | ‘ I was not expecting a great deal of management input from them , ’ he says . |
20 | I was n't expecting a miraculous transformation , you see , I was expecting the Belinda I 've come to know and love . ’ |
21 | And , ’ he added with a malevolent glint in his eyes , ‘ at your interview I did point out that I was n't offering a nine-to-five sinecure . ’ |
22 | I was n't making a conscious attempt to write an Indian War and Peace at all . ’ |
23 | I was n't having a nervous breakdown but I was unable to operate or function efficiently . |
24 | Well , I was one of the people who could n't do it even if I was n't lifting a heavy weight . |
25 | Try to be as sincere and enthusiastic as possible and be conversational — you are not addressing a public meeting . |
26 | Judge Peter Greenwood remanded Gillespie in custody for medical reports , but told him , ‘ I do not want you to think for one moment that you are not facing a custodial sentence . ’ |
27 | If you are not having a first course , a couple of plain poppadums are an acceptable indulgence , but do n't get carried away — and do n't allow yourself to start dipping in the chutneys ! |
28 | If you do n't do that efficiently then you are not doing a good job for the community . |
29 | ‘ Do n't say anything — you 're not to say a single thing . |
30 | Oh you got a , you 're not exaggerating a bloody ! |