Example sentences of "[pron] [be] not [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It means , Sir ‘ I am not away to stay away , I am not away to leave you , I am not away to stay away , I shall always come back to see you . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ It means , Sir ‘ I am not away to stay away , I am not away to leave you , I am not away to stay away , I shall always come back to see you . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ It means , Sir ‘ I am not away to stay away , I am not away to leave you , I am not away to stay away , I shall always come back to see you . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I am not here to lose , ’ he said , never far from the negative response . |
| 5 | And I am not here to lose you readers . ’ |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | ‘ I am not here to become involved in a controversy , ’ he said . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | ‘ I am not here to make myself known to the police . |
| 10 | This is not because it is so special or secret that I do not want to divulge it — indeed the patient will remember it quite well for himself — but because I do not want him to listen to that tape at some future date and begin to regress himself when I am not there to take charge of the situation . |
| 11 | It tears my heart out whenever I hear of a mining tragedy and because I am not there to help or even to sympathise , something inside me feels the need to shout to all people , southerners especially who have never had fathers , husbands , sons to worry about when each day they are swallowed into the apron of the earth . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'm not here to watch television , ’ the Doctor said . |
| 13 | Well no , that 's alright love , I 'm not here to arrange |
| 14 | I 'm not here to give them anything , I 'm here to tell them exactly what we expect them to do . |
| 15 | And and therefore I 'm not here to sell you this or that . |
| 16 | " Nevertheless , the year is coming rather near , " put in Vera , one of Amyas 's several maiden aunts , " and quite honestly I hope I 'm not here to see it . " |
| 17 | ‘ I 'm not here to take your call . |
| 18 | But I 'm I 'm not here to teach you how to do the pitch . |
| 19 | ‘ I 'm not here to fix the city , rather to take the work that has already been done onto the next stage . |
| 20 | ‘ Look Ian , I 'm here to help you , I 'm not here to grind my own axe . |
| 21 | I 'm not here to receive compliments . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I 'm not here to judge you , Piper . |
| 23 | I 'm not here to dance , however ; I 'm here to talk . |
| 24 | ‘ I 'm not here to fight , I 'm here to save your fucking life . |
| 25 | ‘ Yes , I see you do , ’ he agreed , ‘ and I 'm not here to make difficulties . |
| 26 | ‘ I 'm not here to make trouble . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ But I 'm not here to make judgements , only to see if you 've broken anything . |
| 28 | Ah unfortunately I 'm not here to follow you up cos I 'm actually away next week , sorry about that . |
| 29 | Chair my name 's Pete from Partnership 's I 'm here as a member of the public I 'm not here to speak on behalf of the theatre at all . |
| 30 | ‘ No , I 'm not here to tell you a story . |