Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb base] [not/n't] [be] " in BNC.

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1 I have been constantly told what a fine man he was and I regret not being able to experience and appreciate his qualities first-hand as I have grown from a child to an adult .
2 I regret not being able to deal with the subject of community care policy as extensively as its importance deserves , although there is a general discussion in Chapter 3 .
3 I like not being able to breathe . ’
4 I remember not being able to stand outside a phone kiosk any longer and dragging out a man who was obviously gossiping therein .
5 I remember not being able to face certain people for months afterwards .
6 I remember not being greatly shocked by the sad occurrence itself , which followed a lengthy illness .
7 because I do n't speak to at all now and that ca n't be right and the reason I do n't is because I know the response I 'm gon na get , blank look
8 I did n't tell you what Emma thought because I do n't is that a blank page ?
9 I do n't was is about school ?
10 Is that maybe the other side , but I do n't be Wendy 's side .
11 Better that I do n't that I do n't be proud better live in harmony .
12 Yes I am but I do n't being as far away as I am
13 I am not taking an easy road and that I risk not being understood by many fellow countrymen , " he wrote , " but this is the only road I can follow in conscience .
14 I 'ave n't been back to Tyler 's 'ard from that day to this — I could n't bear to .
15 I 've not been on the moon , ’ he added , without any irony , simply as a statement of fact .
16 ‘ These fifteenth-century chests with their incised shell pattern are peculiar to Møn — I 've not been able to discover any on the other islands .
17 I 've not been to the new grounds at Walsall and Scunthorpe , Maidstone 's ground , or covered a League match at Barnet .
18 ‘ — and I 've not been well .
19 ‘ I was talking to an old man about death and he said , ‘ You know I 've not been able to talk to my wife .
20 I 've not been in this part of the forest .
21 I 've not been well , Win . ’
22 I 've not been that well myself , ’ she said , ‘ I 've been worried sick about ye . ’
23 I 've not been in the country long .
24 Since coming here , I 've not been in trouble for a year ’ .
25 Use analysis of the situation you are in as your key tactic : ‘ I 've not been able to make my point .
26 ‘ And I 've not been given a good reason for it . ’
27 I 've not been in the situation ‘ Little Thing ’ describes , but everyone 's gon na assume I have .
28 ‘ One thing I 've not been happy with is that I 've played so well during the practices , and whenever I step onto the court for a match there 's a bit missing from what I can do .
29 I 've not been bad for a long long time .
30 But I 've not been taking them for the last week .
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