Example sentences of "they [be] not [v-ing] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ This is just another demonstration that they are n't fighting for any cause . |
| 2 | All claim that they are not writing for clever people but this does not mean that theirs is the voice of a simple , unlettered piety . |
| 3 | They are not looking for some chopped-down Open University course . ’ |
| 4 | Will hon. Members please leave the Chamber quietly if they are not remaining for this ten-minute motion ? |
| 5 | By now certain that Meehan and Griffiths were the murderers of Mrs Ross , the Crown Office in Edinburgh issued a statement that with Griffiths 's death and Meehan 's arrest , they were not looking for any other suspects in connection with the Ayr murder — thus , said Nicky , prejudging the very issue that was to come to trial . |