Example sentences of "[pron] am [adv] here [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I am not here to lose , ’ he said , never far from the negative response . |
| 2 | And I am not here to lose you readers . ’ |
| 3 | I am not here to defend British Rail 's management decisions — I am usually better at condemning them — but during the passage of the legislation to which my hon. Friend referred earlier , British Rail stated that it had picked the least safe of the 100 crossings to which I have referred . |
| 4 | ‘ I am not here to become involved in a controversy , ’ he said . |
| 5 | I am not here to discuss that now , but I mean it 's just to make sure that you know that things are n't planned for five years or ten years , but possibly for a lot longer than that . |
| 6 | ‘ I am not here to make myself known to the police . |
| 7 | Tension can be created either by the sponsor 's subtle , superior position of detachment : ‘ I am only here to describe the problems ; you are the ones who will have to face them ’ , or , quite differently , a hint of ‘ I know more than I am going to tell ’ , or its cruder version : ‘ I am doing a good salesman 's job and you are going to fall for it ’ . |