Example sentences of "be [not/n't] [verb] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.

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31 The films used in this study were , however , relatively short and it was clear that subjects were not describing anything like the total amount of information that was available .
32 I also advised him that if he were not to accept it on the spot he should defer any decision on it until after he had concluded his coincidental visit to the Province today .
33 ‘ When I left my number at your office , I said that you were n't to call me during the day .
34 We were n't charged anything for the food , so we were there as guests , although everybody else was working but we was given the most comfortable er room to stay , so it , there were quite a few people living there because of this reason , that er people coming from outside looking for a job , they would automatically er obtain the accommodation without being charged for it .
35 For instance the , the doctors in the hospitals had a lot of work because people rushed into jogging who were n't fit for it or were n't doing it with the right conditions .
36 And he could have , he could have , because , then we were importing about three quarters of our food from overseas , there was depression all the time in the thirties , and we were n't growing anything near the amount of food that we needed .
37 Even when they were nt winning anything except the occasional FA Cup there was hype .
38 They do n't achieve because they have to choose , and the only way to get women achieving in a sort of relaxed way is not to force them with the choice between occupation success and families .
39 the best way to solve pollution problems is not to create them in the first place .
40 ‘ The best way to solve pollution problems is not to create them in the first place .
41 It is my contention that a similar process is occurring for at least a significant part of the people of Tyneside today , although it is not affecting everyone in the same way and involves a complex process of what may be more apparent than real social differentiation .
42 In these experiments , the rats learn the new trick best at those times when they remember the old trick least well : it is as if a rat can learn a new trick more easily when its memory is not muddling it with the memory of the old trick .
43 What galls the most is not having him on the subs bench .
44 He must get it right today , however , if he is not to land himself with the label of being one of the best horses never to win a Gold Cup .
45 I think the most important thing about community arts is that it 's arts for the community , and invariably one is not approaching it in the same way as one would market , say , a show at the Theatre Royal for instance .
46 And one particularly thorough research study on boys growing up in London concluded that if a boy offends , the best way to prevent him from offending repeatedly is not to catch him in the first place ( West , 1992 : 104–11 ) !
47 Amy 's not using it at the moment , oh goodness me .
48 Oh she 's erm , she 's not doing anything at the moment because erm
49 But it 's not doing it at the moment , although there 's
50 ‘ The truth is I knew throughout the summer that my game was not as sharp and I was not enjoying myself on the course as I did in 1991 .
51 At what I called the Winter Marsh inlet , though it was not called anything on the map , there was a wooden quay in what struck me as remarkably good condition for a structure that presumably had not been used for several years .
52 He was not supporting me in the way I felt he should support me .
53 I was not accompanying her to the home but was treating her to a taxi all the way .
54 When Gina was not smacking him with the laundry bag or scratching his face , they lived a life of complete indifference to one another .
55 That night , as often when she put Josh to bed , Clare held the most precious thing in her world close to her heart and felt guilty and ashamed that she was n't providing him with the things she thought she should .
56 ‘ I was n't suggesting anything of the sort , ’ Shae returned evenly .
57 ‘ Maybe I was n't disgracing myself on the park , but I was cheating the Sheffield fans and manager Jimmy Sirrell .
58 Oh I think an electric drill it was in the sixties so with the twenty five pounds off it brought it down a bit and I , I paid for it with one cheque so I was n't having it on the weekly er er it worked out I think Vicki gave some of it towards it .
59 So did my father , he was n't to bother himself with the day-to-day things like washing sheets or buying food , that was her job , she made it plain .
60 David has always , for a time , hitched his rocket on somebody who is powerful — no question about it — he 's powerful himself , but he needed an injection of ruthlessness which Ken Pitt , being a very sweet , nice man , was n't giving him at the time .
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