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 . |