Example sentences of "'m [not/n't] [v-ing] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'm not trying for a wedding-ring or anything else ; I 'll put it down to experience , so you have no need to be afraid of my intentions , or to reproach yourself . ’ |
| 2 | I 'm not hoping for a shell-casing , you know , but if he 'd just get a fucking nose-bleed or something , I 'd be a happy man . ’ |
| 3 | This is , I , I 'm not looking for a |
| 4 | So I 'm not looking for a response to what he says at this stage . |
| 5 | not well enough to do that , so I 'm not looking for a job yet , she said your nerves are all |
| 6 | I 'm not looking for a Jag ! |
| 7 | No I 'm not , I 'm not looking for a new penknife at all boy |
| 8 | I 'm not suggesting for a moment it does n't cross my mind nor has Mr suggested that there has been any er deliberate failures to disclose something which was thought was , which you 've got and was thought relevant , but it , things do turn out to be potentially relevant in the course of the court appearance |
| 9 | I 'm not suggesting for a moment that university people are n't as integrated as anyone else . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'll be very disappointed if I 'm not competing for a place in the first one-day international on January 16 . |
| 11 | I 'm not asking for a few soothing words to calm my conscience ; if I can , I want to help . |
| 12 | I 'm not asking for a vote on it I 'm simply giving you my opinion . |
| 13 | I 'm not asking for a lesson on highway modelling particularly at half past four in the afternoon but what 's your reaction to what Mr said about the way in which your model would perform in other words on an all or nothing basis , when it 's shorter it all goes that way ? |
| 14 | Oh ’ — he looked into the basket — ‘ I 'm not going for a week ; I just wanted a sandwich or two . |