Example sentences of "be [not/n't] [verb] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Order , I am not in , I am not allowing anything outside the scope of the debate Mr Michael Spicer . |
| 2 | ‘ I am not saving it for the Tour de France . |
| 3 | I am not saying anything about the short or long-ball game , only what is right at the proper time . |
| 4 | Opposition forwards are not committing themselves to the ruck or maul . |
| 5 | ‘ Why they are not playing it on the Saturday , I do n't know . |
| 6 | A positive attitude is and important asset when it comes to maintaining a workout regime , and that comes with knowing that you are not pitting yourself against the impossible . |
| 7 | How stupid she 'd been not to realise it from the start . |
| 8 | I think you can be much more relaxed about the way your child 's growing up if you 're not over-investing yourself in the way it grows up , if you follow me . |
| 9 | And they 're not getting them at the moment . |
| 10 | That is , when they 're not watching themselves in the mirrors , making sure that they are still up to the mark . |
| 11 | No you 're not to throw them in the air . |
| 12 | Erm you 're now you 're not doing anything at the moment , we we agreed it was resting . |
| 13 | You 're not doing it at the party ? |
| 14 | We 're not announcing anything about the team at present . |
| 15 | You 're not putting them in the car boot sale mum . |
| 16 | They 're not paying anything at the moment on laybys . |
| 17 | Well I 'm not buying anything at the moment but if you wan na have a look round . |
| 18 | I 'm not leaving you on the Moor by — yourself , so make up your mind which you prefer . " |
| 19 | well I , well that 's why I 'm not putting it to the vote |
| 20 | I 'm not putting it around the table , because it 's a very long letter , and I do n't think we could have a worthwhile discussion on it right now . |
| 21 | I 'm not keeping him on the hop , but I am making a joke of things . |
| 22 | ‘ I ca n't wait to get at it , but I 'm not saying anything about the ideas behind it 'cause people will be doing it before I get the chance . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Oh , I 'm not saying anything against the room — it 's just that she might prefer the privacy of a chalet — ’ |
| 24 | I love Philip , he 's a dear , but I 'm not having her in the house . ’ |
| 25 | and I 've we 've taken the the old settee down to Carrie 's and moved the two seater and the armchair down this end and they flew in tonight straight up on the sofa , I said to it 's gon na be tough for a week or so but they 've got ta get used to staying on the floor , I 'm not having them on the furniture all the time cos they just absolutely ruin it ! |
| 26 | ‘ I 'm not doing it for the money , ’ said the new Bob . |
| 27 | Oh bugger me I 'm , there 's no way I 'm not doing it by the books |
| 28 | I 'm not patting myself on the back — it 's a highly competitive business and one needs selfish , single-minded dedication to succeed , but because female comics were rare in my day , competition was negligible , and I was able to be generous . |
| 29 | And they were not having anybody in the mine , with a watch , who could let people know exactly what the time was , and in other words , create a situation where the men might go home before they 'd completed this particular task . |
| 30 | Half the subjects were given this information in advance but the other half were not told anything about the subject matter of the passage . |