Example sentences of "[pron] [be] not [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ I 'm not here to tell you what to do , ’ replied Buchman . |
| 32 | ‘ Well , ’ she butted in fast , ‘ I 'm not here to discuss such — er — such … |
| 33 | ‘ I 'm not here to investigate any underhand dealings you may be involved in , ’ she managed at last . |
| 34 | ‘ I 'm not here to accuse you , Natasha . |
| 35 | ‘ I 'm not here to look after every child in the school ! |
| 36 | But I 'm not here to play that role . |
| 37 | ‘ I 'm not here to steal Florian from Nicky . ’ |
| 38 | ‘ I get criticised for not going to the cinema to see people 's reaction — but I 'm not there to review the audience . ’ |
| 39 | Burhaneddin Haydar Herevi may , from his actions , be presumed to have disapproved of Seyh Bedreddin , which is not necessarily to say that he disapproved of Molla Fenari . |
| 40 | In the UK , the FRG and the USA the proportions varied between 6 and 10 per cent , which was not enough to make a significant difference . |
| 41 | Congress , I know I 'm speaking to the team , but it 's up to us and the activists who are not here to motivate our members and get this campaign off the ground and by supporting this motion , we will be putting the first foot on the ladder to defeating the government 's pay policy . |
| 42 | You are not here to verify , |
| 43 | This pattern of occasional rewards ( something we all experience in daily life ) will help your child to maintain a pattern of behaviour even when you are not there to give encouragement to him . |
| 44 | But rest assured : in the longer term , giving reasons will certainly foster their compliance and , most important , the sort of reliability you can depend upon even when you are not there to keep an eye on things . |
| 45 | Therefore , you have this paramount public policy to consider — that you are not lightly to interfere with this freedom of contract . |
| 46 | ‘ Since you claim that your objectives are the same as mine , and that you 're not here to work against me , as I 'd supposed , I 'm going to put you in charge , as it were … make you responsible … ’ |
| 47 | You 're not here to win the stupid war , you 're here to help make sure nobody loses it . |
| 48 | you 're not there to deal with it . |
| 49 | Only if their teacher were with them were they allowed to cross the dusty lane to play on the greater green , for Miss Watson was a woman who had no doubt at all that each and every pupil would be run over and either maimed or killed outright if she were not there to keep an eye on their movements . |
| 50 | Erm as we were going through and we talked about a will , you said there there 's somebody you knew who would be able to , you know , who you 'd like to carry out your wishes if you were not here to carry them out yourself er I think it was , was it er John ? |
| 51 | Now er she 's not here to hear me say it , ungallantly she 's Julie 's overweight now and she was pretty overweight then was n't she ? |
| 52 | You 're hiding behind an old woman who 's not here to defend herself ! ’ |
| 53 | I certainly can not stop you and she is not here to ask . ’ |
| 54 | Does the Secretary of State agree that it is quite outrageous that people should stand up in this Chamber and attack the character of someone who is not here to defend himself ? |
| 55 | However , the basic National Insurance retirement pension by itself is not enough to bring her above the point where tax begins to be charged , so if she has no other income apart from this , she will not be asked to pay tax . |
| 56 | She was not here to enjoy herself — well , not primarily — but to get that interview under way . |
| 57 | ‘ We are not here to sort out the world 's problems ! ’ |
| 58 | ‘ There is a great public demand for information on food and nutrition — and we are not here to sell a particular line , ’ he said . |
| 59 | ‘ Surely , Sir John , we are not here to discuss the mysterious death of a piglet ? ’ |
| 60 | ‘ No , we are not here to discuss the death of a pig but the murder of a priest , Richard Waldegrave ! ’ |