Example sentences of "[be] not [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now I find that I am not given it . ’ |
| 2 | I am not refusing him , but it is too soon . |
| 3 | I am not kidding you : for this high-level encounter he goes to the news-agents ' next door and gets the key that hangs behind the counter . |
| 4 | He quoted Cardinal Rancé , whose last words on his deathbed were : ‘ I am not leaving you , I am only preceding you . ’ |
| 5 | I am not lugging it up them flipping stairs again ! |
| 6 | I appreciate the difficulties that my right Hon. Friend faces and I am not criticising him , but would it not be a good idea to consider a combination of more all-day European supply days such as the one next Thursday , longer debates-late at night , if necessary the sending of more business upstairs to Committee whenever a particular document makes that relevant and also , once a month , having a longer Friday afternoon session so that European enthusiasts , such as my Hon. Friend the Member for Southend , East ( Mr. Taylor ) , myself and others can take part . |
| 7 | I appreciate the difficulties that my right Hon. Friend faces and I am not criticising him , but would it not be a good idea to consider a combination of more all-day European supply days such as the one next Thursday , longer debates , late at night , if necessary the sending of more business upstairs to Committee whenever a particular document makes that relevant and also , once a month , having a longer Friday afternoon session so that European enthusiasts , such as my Hon. Friend the Member for Southend , East ( Mr. Taylor ) , myself and others can take part . |
| 8 | I am not wearing them tight trousers again ! |
| 9 | When I am not writing I draw . |
| 10 | No , I am not taking it . |
| 11 | No , I am sorry but I am not taking it until after the statement . |
| 12 | ‘ I am not saving it for the Tour de France . |
| 13 | ‘ Since I am not to see him or speak with him alone ever again , in truth it matters little where he is . ’ |
| 14 | And if I am not mistaken you could see share prices really motoring after that . |
| 15 | I got him every time , until the end and I said I am not serving him this time ! |
| 16 | I am not suggesting we abandon it : the fact that we have not found ways to extract the information does not deny the existence of the factors or traits . |
| 17 | ‘ I am not marrying him . |
| 18 | I am not underestimating him because that would be a serious mistake , but the greater our fear the more difficult it is to view him with that clinical detachment so vital for survival . |
| 19 | ‘ But if I am not fit it effects my batting , bowling and fielding . ’ |
| 20 | I am not hurting you . |
| 21 | I am not claiming it is my doing , but I have had a hand in the fact that four years ago and two years ago and again this year we have had exhibitions by living sculptors . |
| 22 | Mr. Win : Unlike Conservative Members , I am an admirer of the SDA and I am not attacking it in any way . |
| 23 | ‘ I am not giving her up . |
| 24 | 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 ! ! ’ |
| 25 | ‘ I do n't care , I am not letting him have my car . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ It is raining , she has small children , I am not letting her walk alone , ’ I said firmly . |
| 27 | I am not letting you go till you say it ! ’ |
| 28 | I am not letting it out of my sight . ’ |
| 29 | I am not proposing him for Moderator , but I am pressing his case . |
| 30 | ‘ Of course it is — what a fool I am not to get it till now … |