Example sentences of "[be] not [v-ing] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am not looking for maximum performance or power . |
| 2 | I am not arguing for shoddy commercials . |
| 3 | ‘ It will start all sorts of speculation that we are getting back together and I am not going for that . ’ |
| 4 | You are not aiming for some exact scientific precision ( if absolute precision is needed , you can use pen and paper ) , but you are meeting and communicating with another adult human being . |
| 5 | They are not looking for some chopped-down Open University course . ’ |
| 6 | Dr Alun Gee , NRA technical manager for the Welsh region , said , ‘ We are not looking for any relaxation in current standards ’ and the objectives will contain a ‘ no deterioration ’ clause . |
| 7 | Police say they found a hammer in the house and are not looking for any other weapon . |
| 8 | All claim that they are not writing for clever people but this does not mean that theirs is the voice of a simple , unlettered piety . |
| 9 | Will hon. Members please leave the Chamber quietly if they are not remaining for this ten-minute motion ? |
| 10 | Is this , all these wonderful protection of animals , dogs and horses and so on , and pet shops and so on , do , does the Chief Fire Officer think in his local knowledge , that most of these have been inspected by his officers , or does he get the feeling there , that sometimes the district councils are not asking for these inspections ? |
| 11 | Because , look at , I 'm not , you know , I 'm not er gon na even talk about the disaster at airport things , you know , the taking off and landing , if you 've got a stadium nearby with a lot of people in it , and one of these disasters happened to happen , I know we 're not looking for that , but if it does , you 're gon na have a stadium full of people if a plane comes down , well , you know . |
| 12 | Therefore , we 're not , other than the specific items that appear on your additions list , we 're not looking for any growth in the base budget at this stage , over and above that that 's already built into your budget base . |
| 13 | Well we 're not looking for those anyway are we ? |
| 14 | So we 're not looking for little every little error that a person makes . |
| 15 | Because when you are 12,000 miles away you 're not playing for any country . |
| 16 | ‘ You have n't been listening , Claudia ; we 're not parting for one moment until I find Garry — and it 's time you called me Roman . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Do n't get me wrong — we 're not asking for any favours from the referee , ’ said the inspirational Leeds midfielder . |
| 18 | Well you 're not working for three days , you 've got three days off ! |
| 19 | I said you 're not working for forty pound a week |
| 20 | you 're not paying for that are you ? |
| 21 | And if we did spent twelve hundred pounds on an aeroplane and came back with fifty million pounds worth of grants , I 'm not apologising for that . |
| 22 | I 'm not looking for some sinecure of a job with the cosy family firm , Lucy ! |
| 23 | Now I 'm not suggesting for one moment that anybody who has all the problems that dear Mr has there , but I think we might be able to learn something , do you ? |
| 24 | I 'm not suggesting for one moment it 's easy , but I mean is it possible that , you know erm accepting that this is a major conflict , it does involve all of us whether we like it or not |
| 25 | I 'M NOT asking for preferential treatment . |
| 26 | ‘ I 'm not asking for advice– but I want to talk through something with you . |
| 27 | I 'm not asking for more than any other 22-year-old — just the same . ’ |
| 28 | Yep I 've decided I 'm not going for that Audi Matt |
| 29 | she says we 're just not gon na be able to use drawers that 's all she said I 'm not going for another bed |
| 30 | Yeah I 'm only I 'm not working for two pound fifty . |