Example sentences of "[pron] [be] [not/n't] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm sometimes er I have n't mentioned much about the gender of the therapist but sometimes it can help a great deal if the therapist 's the same gender as the same person who 's undergoing therapy and it also helps if it 's er sometimes you ca n't very easily with some therapists , y'know it sometimes erm helps if it 's somebody you can trust and confide in and stuff like that and obviously , having met various psychiatrists and clinical psychologists , er quite a number of them are not people I 'd particularly like to talk about about being abused as a child . |
| 2 | They , the vast majority of them are not Shire Hall based er , administrative staff or what I think is generally er , the view , er , the general view of , of management and support . |
| 3 | The figure was mentioned to me by the manager of a gay bar who was justifying the role of the establishment , but added , ‘ some of them are not angels you know . |
| 4 | There are of course exceptions of those who are neither councillors nor magistrates er and are prepared to do these jobs , but there are n't very many in relation to er the numbers of people that would be required for this sort of task and there are many other activities for which there are required , like school governors who like helping on various health bodies and er they have n't got the time to do them all , and if they have , they probably are n't suitable , because I have to my Lords that a lord of people who volunteer for these sorts of tasks and I have experience of them are n't people that locally we would like to have sitting on these various bodies and we have to discourage them one way and another . |
| 5 | Do you want a fire retardant one or just in interestingly enough , the ones that have got price offers on them are n't fire retardant . |
| 6 | Of course you and I are not snobs , are we ? |
| 7 | Caro and I are not blood relations . |
| 8 | ‘ No , I am not Lady Merchiston . |
| 9 | And when Jesus appears to a young man , ‘ … he saw the Lord Jesus in the likeness of the Apostle Judas Thomas … the Lord said to him : ‘ I am not Judas who is also Thomas , I am his brother . ’ ’ |
| 10 | Some , at least , of this confusion and inconsistency arise out of misunderstanding as to what is meant by Wages for Housework , so before proceeding any further I propose to change the term in order to indicate ( a ) that I am not spokeswoman for , nor even in complete agreement with , the campaign of that name ; ( b ) that I do not propose to be sidetracked into an interesting discussion of the precise scientific definition of ‘ wage ’ ; what I am talking about is cash , money , pound notes , that to which a housewife is not entitled , that to which she should be ; and ( c ) that there is housework and housework . |
| 11 | I am not Lord Longford in drag . |
| 12 | I am not expert enough to say which of the banding systems best fits the bill . |
| 13 | Those of you who know me well may be surprised to learn that I am not anti-referees . |
| 14 | ‘ I am not policeman , ’ he said . |
| 15 | So many patients have fled from me this morning because I am not Doctor Rice . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'd like to point out that I am not Dana and I am with you , not Garry , ’ she said , flicking her tongue across dry lips . |
| 17 | ‘ I am not Pike . |
| 18 | As I take a step forward I say not to worry , I am not police . |
| 19 | ‘ I am not cross . |
| 20 | ‘ I am not Leonard , ’ said a sneering , robotic voice . |
| 21 | I am not flavour of the week in some quarters as you may well imagine . |
| 22 | But remember I am not Andy . |
| 23 | ‘ I am not family ! ’ |
| 24 | ‘ I 'm not Kettering , or anywhere near it . |
| 25 | I 'm not 100% fit yet and my initial aim was just to get through a game , but I 'm not philosophical in that situation . |
| 26 | I 'm not barm cake . |
| 27 | They did n't want me for pastoral and I 'm not head of department . |
| 28 | Living Doll I 'm not Poetry In |
| 29 | ‘ I 'm not sight-seeing , ’ she said firmly . |
| 30 | ‘ Do sit down , ’ he said , then added on a smile , ‘ I know I 'm not Doctor Rice . |