Example sentences of "[be] not [verb] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am not wearing them tight trousers again ! |
| 2 | I am not denying its great importance , as a means of evaluating evidence , developing critical arguments , and organising ideas in rational form . |
| 3 | Your excessively early arrival means that you can check the aforesaid dogs are not using your beautiful flower arrangements as their loo , and also run through a technical check and the autocue before anyone else gets there . |
| 4 | As you will see below a photograph of the ‘ CIBS ’ team was taken after the Charity Match , please appreciate that we are not looking our usual stunning selves , but unfortunately rouge and hairspray are not allowed on court ! — no comments please Harris … |
| 5 | You need flexibility to change tack if you are not getting it right . |
| 6 | We are not giving them special instructions to sell into schools , and in the main it is run on a party plan approach . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ You are not making me nervous , ’ she said , but he could hear the tremor in her voice . |
| 8 | You are not doing anything wrong — its just the price you pay for keeping these species of fish . |
| 9 | They are not finding it easy . |
| 10 | ‘ That shows that people want to adopt a healthier diet and lifestyle but are not finding it easy to make the change . |
| 11 | So you , you , you 're taking landlords farm assets , but you 're not taking their industrial , commercial or urban assets at all . |
| 12 | still I think it 's the fact erm you know y you 're not she 's got a problem on her mind she 's not been well you 're not taking her serious |
| 13 | they 're not getting their new stock in . |
| 14 | We may have been bombarded by our parents with many messages like ‘ You must try harder ’ and ‘ You 're not getting it right . ’ |
| 15 | They 're not getting it right , and there are really no longer any excuses . ’ |
| 16 | See you 're not watching their new series , when , anyway , are n't the new |
| 17 | make sure it 's done so that you 're not prejudicing your industrial tribunal case by saying that you 'll accept the ex gratia payment but you also reserve the right to take legal advice about the termination of your employment . |
| 18 | She said no I think I 'll go home I 'll be alright , so I took her back home about eleven and erm erm I kept phoning her every hour on the hour just to make sure she 's alright , then I said I want you just to promise me one thing you 're not do anything silly , I 'm here , I do n't care what it takes , I 'm here , so she said alright then , so I said it 'll break mum 's heart it 'll break dad 's heart , |
| 19 | Most portrait painters have a bunch of demons on their backs , and they 're so terrified that they 're not doing something innovative , terrified it 's not exactly like the model . |
| 20 | ‘ And how come you 're not doing your secretarial course today ? ’ he asked in the Morningside accent which he had drummed into the cast of his production of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie ( ‘ Slow-moving' — Evening Argus ) . |
| 21 | track , because it it , no other transport business er has er does has to have a business , which op owns both the track it 's operating on and the operating er facilities themselves , so the we 're not doing anything new here , what we are actually doing , and incidentally the German government and other governments are going down the same route now because it 's not true to say that others are n't privatizing , what we 're doing is saying that we are having a separate track authority , and there are a variety of reasons for that , er but the an and that means actually less investment by the franchisee himself , but he will have control over the th the track operations , because he will have a contract , with Rail Track , to deliver certain services , and if Rail Track does n't deliver them then he 's able to claim penalties so |
| 22 | But do n't be surprised if people think that you 're esoteric , people think that you 're not doing anything worthwhile , people think that you 're , are rather scared of what you 're doing there , and people wo n't support you locally or politically in what you 're doing . |
| 23 | You 're doing you 're not doing anything musical are you ? |
| 24 | It 's just something you 're not doing it deliberate . |
| 25 | And as a result of that we really have got overcapacity which we 've declared publicly so , you know , we 're not saying anything different today than what we said when we first purchased the business in July and August . |
| 26 | He says , I 've been about , he said I see you still sleep in your bed , but you 're not putting them bloody pistachios ! |
| 27 | I 'm not taking my bloody coat off till I get it . ’ |
| 28 | I 'm not buying anything nice , we 're just knee deep in fruit and veg ! |
| 29 | I 'm not breaking my stated rule here and recommending this hotel , just saying that it is there and that if you could get the back bedrooms you would have a most remarkable scene to look out on . |
| 30 | ‘ I 'm not touching your repulsive prick . |