Example sentences of "not [verb] [pers pn] be [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He was off balance and I did not think it was a penalty . ’ |
| 2 | Mr. Browne did not think it was the job of councils to provide housing , but Mr. Barron was quick to counter that point . |
| 3 | The row was like an earthquake but I did not think it was the end for us , ’ she said . |
| 4 | If Oliver had seen him now he would not think he was a man who was finished , he would see a desperate will to survive and defend himself . |
| 5 | The girl was in care at a Suffolk County Council children 's home , but staff did not know she was a prostitute . |
| 6 | ‘ No , Delia , you promised , ’ Rosen broke in but he did not know it was an evening of broken promises . |
| 7 | A spokesman said : ‘ We have not said it was a hoax . |
| 8 | He added : ‘ I believe Manchester is an injured party — I do not believe it is the fault of the city . |
| 9 | Police do not believe it was the work of Colombian drug lords Photograph ( omitted ) : |
| 10 | Apparently , she did not mind him being a mop head when occupying other Government positions , but felt it would not be fitting for the role of Chancellor . |
| 11 | It 's not paying it 's the hold up is n't it ? |
| 12 | I think network marketing I think it I think that turns out to be jolly hard work because if you 're not recruiting it 's the recruitment part of it . |
| 13 | I 'm Not Saying He 's a Genius , but … |
| 14 | So we 're not saying it 's a question of conscious unconscious , or rigid demarcation where we are actually talking about subtle gradations of consciousness , from complete self conscious awareness at one end , to total loss of all memory of the thing at , at , at the other . |
| 15 | No , we 're not saying it 's the leeway might be important , cos as I said , these choices , and Sandra will agree , there 's only two columns , that is n't gon na increase ! |
| 16 | I 'm not saying it was a mugging , muggers do n't use guns , not on our patch they do n't — yet . |
| 17 | What these empirical data can not tell us is the quality of the interaction which has taken place . |
| 18 | If it 's not passed it 's a motion . |
| 19 | Which is not to say he 's a hippy soul surfer , a revivalist sporting a long Malibu board and casually riding a wave 's length as if strolling in the park . |
| 20 | Er he said or he 's in a in a in a little trouble today for allowing two men who had sex of thirteen to go free erm a policeman told the judge that the thirteen year old was more like Mandy Smith than the proverbial school girl with pigtails but she was nevertheless thirteen and the judge said he had better not say she was no angel or the national press would have a hundred field days with him . |
| 21 | He then told the court I had better not say she was an angel or no angel or the national press will have a hundred field days . |
| 22 | Ramsey could not say he was a pacifist . |
| 23 | She did not say it was a sample of five . |
| 24 | It 's hilarious , it 's really ironic and you explain all this to McDunn and you laugh because it actually is n't the fault of the police you 're not sleeping it 's the nightmares where you 're stalked by a gorilla with the voice of a baby and a huge syringe and he wants to fuck you with it , is n't that hilarious ? |
| 25 | She allowed herself a small smile , mostly because he 'd accepted her medical opinion but still had n't guessed she was a doctor . |
| 26 | Ironically one of those who could n't make it was the Conservatives ' first Asian Tory MP Nirj Deva , who is serving a life ban at the restaurant for becoming ‘ too exuberant ’ there seven years ago . |
| 27 | ‘ We had to make sure they did n't think we were a bunch of supermen and that they were aware that things could go wrong , ’ said a source . |
| 28 | Rab said , ‘ I do n't think ye were a lion tamer either . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Nora was very strong-willed , I know , but I do n't think she was a bitch . |
| 30 | She did n't think she was the stuff that heroines were made of ! |