Example sentences of "[pron] [be] not [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Caro and I are not blood relations . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | I am not expert enough to say which of the banding systems best fits the bill . |
| 6 | ‘ I am not policeman , ’ he said . |
| 7 | ‘ I am not cross . |
| 8 | I am not flavour of the week in some quarters as you may well imagine . |
| 9 | ‘ I am not family ! ’ |
| 10 | I 'm not barm cake . |
| 11 | They did n't want me for pastoral and I 'm not head of department . |
| 12 | Living Doll I 'm not Poetry In |
| 13 | ‘ I 'm not sight-seeing , ’ she said firmly . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'm not parent material , Ari . ’ |
| 15 | Ooh goodness I 'm not man 's trousers . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'm not chicken , ’ said Gedanken angrily . |
| 17 | I 'm not part of some cultural fad . |
| 18 | Singleton : ‘ I 'm not part of some cultural fad ’ |
| 19 | I 'm not part of the organisation . |
| 20 | I 'm not hen pecked |
| 21 | ‘ I 'm not spion . |
| 22 | Well to be quite , to be quite honestly sweety , I mean , I look at him and I think I 'm not unfond of him |
| 23 | ‘ I 'm not Prince Charming , ’ he said drily . |
| 24 | ‘ But I 'm not gamine . |
| 25 | Not only is it raining , it 's 5 o'clock , and though I 'm not defeatist by nature I do n't even bother looking for a taxi , deciding instead to walk the two miles back to the London flat . |
| 26 | ‘ There was only one sleeping-bag on the plane , rolled up in the blankets , and I 'm not gentleman enough to let you have it to yourself . ’ |
| 27 | Perhaps I 'll do it by process of elimination ; find out what I 'm not bit by bit until I know who I am . ’ |
| 28 | Well I 'm not researcher I could n't say how they do it but it 's done it was done from their recruitment and marketing sales . |
| 29 | She said , ‘ Oh it 's all right , I 'm not cross . |
| 30 | It 's same as , what ow she 's gone into hospital with her , you know , and I 'd actually been that day , you know what I mean , I do n't mind , do n't get me wrong , I 'm not cross , 'cos I do n't mind . |