Example sentences of "be [not/n't] [v-ing] [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 | 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 . |
8 | And they 're not getting them at the moment . |
9 | That is , when they 're not watching themselves in the mirrors , making sure that they are still up to the mark . |
10 | Erm you 're now you 're not doing anything at the moment , we we agreed it was resting . |
11 | You 're not doing it at the party ? |
12 | We 're not announcing anything about the team at present . |
13 | You 're not putting them in the car boot sale mum . |
14 | They 're not paying anything at the moment on laybys . |
15 | Well I 'm not buying anything at the moment but if you wan na have a look round . |
16 | I 'm not leaving you on the Moor by — yourself , so make up your mind which you prefer . " |
17 | well I , well that 's why I 'm not putting it to the vote |
18 | 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 . |
19 | I 'm not keeping him on the hop , but I am making a joke of things . |
20 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
21 | ‘ Oh , I 'm not saying anything against the room — it 's just that she might prefer the privacy of a chalet — ’ |
22 | I love Philip , he 's a dear , but I 'm not having her in the house . ’ |
23 | 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 ! |
24 | ‘ I 'm not doing it for the money , ’ said the new Bob . |
25 | Oh bugger me I 'm , there 's no way I 'm not doing it by the books |
26 | 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 . |
27 | 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 . |
28 | 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 . |
29 | 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 . |
30 | 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 . |