Example sentences of "i be not [v-ing] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am not looking for maximum performance or power . |
| 2 | ‘ It will start all sorts of speculation that we are getting back together and I am not going for that . ’ |
| 3 | I am not arguing for shoddy commercials . |
| 4 | And if we did spent twelve hundred pounds on an aeroplane and came back with fifty million pounds worth of grants , I 'm not apologising for that . |
| 5 | Now I 'm not suggesting for one moment that anybody who has all the problems that dear Mr has there , but I think we might be able to learn something , do you ? |
| 6 | I 'm not suggesting for one moment it 's easy , but I mean is it possible that , you know erm accepting that this is a major conflict , it does involve all of us whether we like it or not |
| 7 | I 'm not looking for some sinecure of a job with the cosy family firm , Lucy ! |
| 8 | Yeah I 'm only I 'm not working for two pound fifty . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'm not waiting for any session to finish . |
| 10 | ‘ And I said to him , ‘ Push off , mate , I 'm not standing for that ’ — and he did , pretty quickly ! ' , |
| 11 | ‘ Look , ’ he said , ‘ I 'm not standing for this . |
| 12 | Yep I 've decided I 'm not going for that Audi Matt |
| 13 | she says we 're just not gon na be able to use drawers that 's all she said I 'm not going for another bed |
| 14 | and there was about that much bacon on the bacon slice , the rest were fat , I says I 'm not paying for that . |
| 15 | I tell you , I 'm not giving you a penny more for clothes , I 'm not paying for any driving lessons when you 're seventeen , I 'm not shelling out for another disco , I 'm not giving you another lift to a party that everyone else in your year 's going to and you 'd be a freak if you missed it . |
| 16 | Which I 'm not paying for any more ! |
| 17 | ‘ I 'm not asking for advice– but I want to talk through something with you . |
| 18 | I 'M NOT asking for preferential treatment . |
| 19 | I 'm not asking for more than any other 22-year-old — just the same . ’ |
| 20 | I was not aiming for any distant target , and nor does natural selection . |