Example sentences of "be [not/n't] [verb] [pers pn] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 I am not proposing him for Moderator , but I am pressing his case .
2 If they are not doing it in training they ca n't expect to come into the side .
3 ‘ You 're not helping him by behaviour like this , ’ snapped Drew .
4 You 're not getting me in jail with you — who 'd arrange the escape ?
5 that 's more important we 're not getting it till end of month
6 They 're not to write it on letter heading cos it means it says it 's coming from the London .
7 We 're not doing it in detail on individual activities , but we 're getting the overall productivity correct .
8 It 's like arrows , that 's alright , we 're not turning it off love , do n't worry .
9 It 's no great problem but I 'm not getting it on time .
10 If it 's too dirty I 'm not bringing it in mind .
11 I 'm not meeting him by appointment . ’
12 Well you ca n't really , but no one notices , but I 'm not doing it on purpose , it 's for a survey , I get twenty five pounds for , mm , watch me weep
13 I 'm not doing it for stardom .
14 It should be stressed that the aim in providing teachers with training in observational procedures is not to turn them into classroom researchers …
15 The next thing is to make sure that the sin committed against you is not causing you in turn to sin .
16 The most obvious way of preventing cracks from spreading in brittle materials is not to use them in tension , in other words to use them in compression .
17 I suspect that the hon. Gentleman makes an amusing debating point and is not advancing it as part of a serious political argument .
18 What you actually do is not put it in percentage but in shares .
19 ‘ He 's not overdoing it at school is he ? ’
20 I mean , he 's not doing it for money ? ’
21 Is n't loving you to distraction a good enough reason ? ’
22 The orchestra was not playing it in time , so I made them rehearse it at a slower tempo .
23 So he persuaded himself , for it made his own sin less grievous that he was not leading her into temptation too .
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