Example sentences of "[be] [not/n't] [verb] [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.

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1 Then he said : ‘ I hope I am not trespassing over a duty ascribed to someone else present here , but then I had heard no proposals for anyone to give a toast in thanks to our host , the most honourable and kind Lord Darlington . ’
2 By examining social processes , I am not throwing out the baby with the bath water : I do concede that inherited properties play a part .
3 I am concerned that many young people with learning difficulties are not taking up the assessment offered in their final year of education .
4 Tenants and their staff are not carried on the company payroll .
5 Currently , 6,000 inspections are not carried out every year .
6 I am happy to give my hon. Friend the assurance that we are not going down the route of a federal Europe .
7 I 'm surprised that we 're not picking up a bit more a few more highlights , it 's a bit .
8 Perhaps you 're not picking up the tone .
9 Whether it 's because they feel they 're not taking up the valuable time of a doctor , they can go at their own pace , who knows ?
10 As long as you 're not going up the village
11 You 're na you 're not going down the pit ?
12 I said No , no-one at home was , Everyone at home had said , You 're not going down the pit .
13 ’ We 're not turning over the phetam to the FedPol , ’ I told her .
14 You know , maybe we pick someone from groups who 've been doing a lot of good work lately , perhaps or something or you know some something like that , just er so they 're not left out the frame
15 I says I 'm not messing about no more .
16 So I I 'm not holding out a lot of hope for it .
17 I 'm not to grow up an Irish yob .
18 I 'm glad I , I 'm not going up the chimney !
19 ‘ How quick and how right you are ; we could deal very well together — you 'll find I am a generous lover , as long as you understand I 'm not walking up the aisle with you , or any other woman . ’
20 I 'm not running up a large bill unnecessarily .
21 But I 'm not giving up the day job — yet .
22 ‘ Because we are n't going down the ladder .
23 Fox and Stephen Brown L.JJ. noted , at pp. 1080 and 1089 , that the relevant statements were not taken on the basis that they were merely ‘ to be used for a private investigation to see if the police had acted improperly in any way ’ — one of the two main reasons for Lord Denning M.R. 's decision in Neilson v. Laugharne , the other being that the plaintiff there was merely ‘ fishing . ’
24 A written request for a brief photocall from the media , who were not allowed up the 100-yard driveway to the hotel , was conveyed by a garda to Mr Keenan .
25 Northamptonshire police this afternoon said they were not following up the incident .
26 And er you see you were n't allowed down the pit till you were fourteen .
27 The UK , which already allows freedom to provide services into its territory , is not taking up the option to require authorisation .
28 The main thing is not to point out the ‘ factual error ’ because for the person talking it is n't a mistake .
29 Its major aim , as will appear , is to demonstrate that the crucial medical-legal decision is not switching off a ventilator , but rather , switching it on , either initially or after having once turned it off .
30 The trick is not to turn up the sound .
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