Example sentences of "[be] [not/n't] [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am not seeking to make health care into a business , but I make no apology for seeking to employ business techniques in the health service in order to deliver the central objectives of the health service more effectively than in the past . |
| 2 | I am not seeking to suggest that there is anything sinister about such a process . |
| 3 | I am not writing to discuss the subject of inflation although give a soap-box to stand on I could go on for ever . |
| 4 | I am not intending to go through the report in detail erm but I hope that I we will now need to draw attention to one or two issues erm which are of particular concern and which emerged through the consultation process . |
| 5 | I am not trying to say that Dr Scott is typical of general practitioners — in some ways his willingness to bare his soul makes him unique . |
| 6 | Northern Ballet director Christopher Gable said : ‘ I am not trying to shock . |
| 7 | I am not trying to punish you for what Steve did to Maria Luisa . |
| 8 | I am not trying to put the whole world right . |
| 9 | Here I am not trying to give the impression that I am a Test Pilot as such , not in the way of Roly Beamont , or a host of other of my friends in this particular field ; this was just a question of an air test rather than a flight test . |
| 10 | I hope that the hon. Member for Beaconsfield will serve on the Committee that will examine the Bill , although I am not trying to condemn him to that if he does not wish to be there , because I think that we might be able to find some common ground . |
| 11 | I am not trying to make a nationalistic point here . |
| 12 | I am not trying to impose anything . |
| 13 | I am not trying to suggest that there is some conspiracy at work to centralise the importance of Shakespeare when it should be more widely shared or go to some other figure . |
| 14 | I am not attempting to compare the quality of the Territorial Army now and following national service , but the TA then consisted almost entirely of people who had served for two years on a full-time basis , and the level of skill and general martial ability was very high . |
| 15 | I am not attempting to lay down the law , but simply wish to voice my opinion that ethics should be the first guideline of those dealing with public resources . |
| 16 | I am not attempting to judge Martin in any way at all . |
| 17 | I think at this point it would be a good idea to tell you what my own personal beliefs are — and please remember that I am not attempting to convert anyone else to them . |
| 18 | ‘ I am not attempting to unravel their lives through the medium of art , ’ asserts Tessa Waite , wary of the view that artists should not work with patients unless they are trained . |
| 19 | As I am not planning to spend a lot on the engine I need something I can perhaps restore myself . |
| 20 | And I am not planning to seduce you . ’ |
| 21 | If I stand at the window ( which I am not going to do ) I can see a small fat man with a trilby hat , a British warm and what looks like a binocular case , standing down below on the other side of the road and peering up with an anxious concentration at this battered , paint-peeling semi-circle of so-called Mansion Flats . |
| 22 | Like the purr , the key message of the smile is ‘ I am NOT going to do you any harm ’ . |
| 23 | Taylor said : ‘ It is pointless asking that , because I am not going to do it . |
| 24 | The one thing I am not going to do is look remotely fazed or ruffled . |
| 25 | I am not going to do it ever again . ’ |
| 26 | I am not going to ask Matey to turn you away . |
| 27 | ‘ I am not going to give up my constituency , I 've always enjoyed the surgery . |
| 28 | I am not going to give you a list of Reasons to Be Cheerful . |
| 29 | I am not going to give you a series of " how to do it " lessons . |
| 30 | Oh , I wish I had a two-pound coin for every toilet I 've burst into , hissing at myself : ‘ Stoppit will you for Godsake you 're forty years old will you stoppit STOPPIT GROW UP YOU BERK I am not crying I am NOT GOING to give them the satisfaction — waaaagh ! ! ’ |