Example sentences of "'m [not/n't] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I , I 'm not for a minute suggesting that er th that for the small projects that we do that . |
| 2 | Now I 'm not for a mom , I 'm not for a moment suggesting that it 's something that would be picked up on a regular basis , but I think it does mean , as you rightly say , that er , if , if , if such a procedure does arise then I 'm conscious that I 'm in a one off situation , I know there 's at least one of our colleagues on our benches who has this on , with children on a more regular basis . |
| 3 | Oh no , he says , er , he says , I 'm not on a hiking holiday , he says er , I 'm just back from Iceland . |
| 4 | Cos I 'm not I 'm not near a supermarket , tomorrow |
| 5 | I know I 'm not in a position to be choosy , but I ca n't cope with the idea of living there — it 's just beyond |
| 6 | I 'm not in a position to criticize anyone 's sexual life . ’ |
| 7 | It has been claimed , and I 'm not in a position to disprove it , that there are more software engineers working on composition software at Aldus than at Atex … |
| 8 | Well I er th well I could n't , I 'm not in a position to give the , the total because the national , the national treasurer would be able to you see ? |
| 9 | ‘ At the moment I 'm not in a position to do that and time is running out . ’ |
| 10 | But — ’ she said , her voice suddenly bitter , ‘ I 'm not in a position to talk , since all I could do was run — eh ? |
| 11 | Erm , I 'm not in a position to add anything very much to the article for next year , I spent most of Friday afternoon with the Tech last week , erm , but there 's still obviously a good deal of uncertainty about programmes for next year , erm , what I think has been very positive is that we have now er , this year for the first time since the Tech 's formation , they 've started to discuss some of the issues about the programmes with a group of providers . |
| 12 | If if they they take it , then I 've sold the copyright to the B B C and I 'm not in a position to offer it to anybody else anyway erm |
| 13 | But clearly I 'm not in a position to reveal the results of of that work in advance of it put into my memory . |
| 14 | ‘ But I 'm not in a position to discuss them right now . ’ |
| 15 | Well I do n't , I do n't really understand myself what it wants , so I 'm not in a position |
| 16 | Yes , I mean it 's really a question as far as you 're concerned of keeping abreast of what 's going on , I mean after all , it is I 'm just slightly worried personally that we 're everybody seems to be very optimistic , and I mean I 'm not in a position to judge one way or the other , but erm you know what it 's like , you know surely you can get too optimistic ? |
| 17 | ‘ Well , I 'm not in a scrape this time , so stop fussing . ’ |
| 18 | I 'm not in a draught where I am I can assure you . |
| 19 | I 'm not in a mood to fool around over this one , Johnny . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I 'm not in a trap , ’ he said , ‘ I 'm just in a dark bit of the wood . ’ |
| 21 | Because well I 'm not in a pension scheme at work . |
| 22 | I 'm not in a hospital , I 'm in my kitchen … |
| 23 | ‘ Oh , I 'm not in a hurry at all , ’ I said with a smile . |
| 24 | I 'm not in a hurry . |
| 25 | You can , as I said just now , pick up the gauntlet and say squeeze him out and force him through the cones and whatever thing might result of that , you just do n't know , or you can say , Well alright , ease off , go on , you have the space , I do n't really need it , I 'm not in a hurry . |
| 26 | Cos I come downstairs , I thought , well I 'm gon na start coming downstairs and upstairs when I 'm not in a hurry . |
| 27 | No , I I got plenty of time , I 'm not in a hurry . |
| 28 | But I 'm not in a hurry at the moment . |
| 29 | Oh yeah , but er but I 'm not in a hurry anyway . |
| 30 | If I 'm not in a movie , I 'm devising a movie to be in . |