Example sentences of "[not/n't] [vb infin] [pron] [be] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having sung the praises of swimfeeders I must point out that I do not think they are the be-all and end-all of barbel fishing , specially for the very big ones . |
| 2 | Mr. Browne did not think it was the job of councils to provide housing , but Mr. Barron was quick to counter that point . |
| 3 | The row was like an earthquake but I did not think it was the end for us , ’ she said . |
| 4 | But as the London Food Commission points out : ‘ The problem for consumers at the moment is that they do not know which are the PVC clingfilms . |
| 5 | There were two bridges over the R. Dovey ; I do not know which was the one whose state of disrepair forced the closure . |
| 6 | Employment and exposure records date from before the occurrence of leukaemia in the children , and the link to industry files was done by industry staff who did not know who were the parents of cases and who were the parents of controls . |
| 7 | We do not know who were the owners , nor what the objects meant to the owners . |
| 8 | ‘ If the Prince of Wales does not succeed she 's the one person people would feel would be acceptable . |
| 9 | Honestly , Henry , when I think back to when I first saw Andrew Jones in that mucky room , the thin weed of a lad with nothing about him , I can not believe he 's the same person represented by Mr Andrew Jones , not only head of the showrooms , but … |
| 10 | He added : ‘ I believe Manchester is an injured party — I do not believe it is the fault of the city . |
| 11 | Police do not believe it was the work of Colombian drug lords Photograph ( omitted ) : |
| 12 | Although the breathlessness was noticeable , I could not understand what was the matter with her . |
| 13 | Fleury uttered a curse and started to examine it , for the life of him he could not see what was the matter . |
| 14 | Pierre Leveque had arranged for me to join a small party attending the season-opening hockey match that evening at the Molson Stadium , with the local Montreal Canadiens playing the New York Rangers , but I did not realize it was the mayoral party until we arrived . |
| 15 | The catty among her sisters ( and the hatreds that rive the small band of women MPs have to be experienced to be believed ) called her Angela Brazil , but that did not stop her being the most popular girl in the school . |
| 16 | The true moral seems to be that a choice is difficult not because we can not decide which is the better but because we can not bear to give up the one that has not been chosen . |
| 17 | I do not suppose I am the first naive monolinguist who thought he could pick up the language on the street , somehow acquiring it passively just by basking in the babble of the market , like getting a tan . |
| 18 | What these empirical data can not tell us is the quality of the interaction which has taken place . |
| 19 | Ironically one of those who could n't make it was the Conservatives ' first Asian Tory MP Nirj Deva , who is serving a life ban at the restaurant for becoming ‘ too exuberant ’ there seven years ago . |
| 20 | Yeah , it 's just pure coincidence , it 's just the way that trotting around , I think what we 're trying to do was to say , something wrong in exam book , plus , plus , which is not liked , but , I do n't think they are the alike . |
| 21 | I do n't think anything 's the twelfth of July . |
| 22 | ‘ I do n't think there 's the least danger to you , ’ said Ian reassuringly as they parted . |
| 23 | Not worthy of a photograph I should n't think There 's the Queen Mother again , does n't say how old she is There is the picture of the doctor , mind you he does n't look like a junior doctor , he 's Pakistani and he looks about fifty ! |
| 24 | Would n't think there was the room in there for , for women . |
| 25 | She did n't think she was the stuff that heroines were made of ! |
| 26 | because I did n't think she was the right one for him , I would n't have picked her I 'd 've picked somebody else |
| 27 | I know why you are so jumpy , Mama , but you must n't think you are the only one who is being put out . |
| 28 | Because er there 's too much , because they did n't like the way things were run , something like that and on occasions we have had to say to people , we 're sorry , we just do n't think you 're the right kind of person for us . |
| 29 | Swap one card with a player of your choice , ah I swap with you cos I do n't think you 're the only fucker that has got one have you ? |
| 30 | ‘ I did n't think you were the sort to care about other people 's opinions . ’ |