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 | ‘ I am not out to steal her man ! ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I am not about to stop you . |
| 12 | ‘ I am not about to sit down to a meal with you , ’ she said bitingly , ‘ Nor am I — ’ |
| 13 | I am not about to confess to Rosenbloom how and why I missed that part of the story . |
| 14 | So , I am not about to preach , but I feel that you would welcome a glimpse of the future before it arrives . |
| 15 | I am not about to dismiss the poor as part of a force for change , but there is a great deal more to it than organizing the poor to help themselves . |
| 16 | Whatever else happens , I am not about to let Rainbow back out of this encounter . |
| 17 | I myself have been very careful not to tell you where they live , and I am not about to tell you now . |
| 18 | I am not about to tell the Secretary of State what to do . |
| 19 | I am not about to find a secluded spot and continue your lesson . ’ |
| 20 | But just in case , I am not about to tempt the Grim Reaper by announcing that I am ready for him . |
| 21 | ‘ I am not about to attack you , ’ he rasped . |
| 22 | The former England winger said : ‘ As someone who has spouted on over the years about contracts , I am not about to walk out on my one with Crystal Palace . |
| 23 | He said : ‘ As someone who has spouted on over the years about contracts , I am not about to walk out on my one with Crystal Palace . ’ |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | ‘ I 'm not here to watch television , ’ the Doctor said . |
| 27 | Well no , that 's alright love , I 'm not here to arrange |
| 28 | I 'm not here to give them anything , I 'm here to tell them exactly what we expect them to do . |
| 29 | And and therefore I 'm not here to sell you this or that . |
| 30 | " 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 . " |