Example sentences of "[be] not [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am not buying any more pencil cases . |
| 2 | I am not buying any more pencil cases . |
| 3 | He looked slightly amused as he said : ‘ I am not owed any explanations , this is your house . ’ |
| 4 | If you really can not talk then you can write your replies , but I am not leaving this room until I have them . |
| 5 | I am not writing this as a need for revenge . |
| 6 | I am not enjoying this . |
| 7 | I can recall on occasion thinking ‘ I am not enjoying this . ’ |
| 8 | I am not advocating such a theory of parsing English into formal representations — I happen not to believe strongly in such ‘ top — down ’ theories , though there are several relatively successful ones in the literature . |
| 9 | And I am not suggesting that learning to relax will change a single external circumstance ; what it will change is the effect those external circumstances have on your mind and body . |
| 10 | I am not suggesting that . |
| 11 | In suggesting that philosophical and sociological perspectives be added to the curriculum , I am not proposing that discrete packages of philosophy or sociology be introduced . |
| 12 | I am not anticipating that anybody in this room will do it the way I say I do it . |
| 13 | Thus I am not disputing this vital fact which classical economists have ( rightly ) asserted as indefeasible . |
| 14 | ‘ I am not doing this to provoke . |
| 15 | ‘ I am not having this , ’ he said . |
| 16 | ‘ I am not making this sacrifice for nothing . ’ |
| 17 | Let me quote again from the report so that people realise that I am not making this up . |
| 18 | I am not saying this is universal , of course , but I think the pressure from the City on industry to maximise profits tends to make them take short cuts . |
| 19 | I am not saying this to make your head swell . |
| 20 | We are not suggesting that to adopt all the practices evident among Bangladeshis in Cardiff , or Hong Kong residents , will prevent sudden infant deaths . |
| 21 | ‘ Surely you are not suggesting that my daughter — ? |
| 22 | We are not suggesting any solutions , we want information with that information then er , a judgement can then be made by this Committee and something can be done to accept those jobs and to create employment for an unemployment . |
| 23 | Boys do not have the same pressures as we do , they are not taught that image is so important ; the media , society , and especially parents give them this impression . |
| 24 | Unfortunately we are not taught these things at school , and there are very few organisations offering practical , effective methods that really work . |
| 25 | Although , for the most part , we are not considering all alternatives , there is such a striking difference in this development for Pr greater than or less than about 10 that a single illustration would be inadequate . |
| 26 | But for those other people who were actually at the meeting agreed Didcot are not considering this step . |
| 27 | I want to ensure that the system works properly and effectively , but I assure Opposition Members that , if they persuade and encourage welfare rights organisations to make speculative claims , they are not helping those who are in real need . |
| 28 | We are not dealing any more with temporary commonality but with permanent commonality . |
| 29 | Although they are not competing this year , Tatra trucks are usually among the first home in the gruelling Paris-Dakar rally . |
| 30 | Concord director Maurice Guy said : ‘ Due to recessionary pressure we have closed our branches and are not taking any more business . |