Example sentences of "i be [not/n't] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am not writing this as a need for revenge . |
| 2 | I am not advocating such a theory of parsing English into formal representations — I happen not to believe strongly in such ‘ top — down ’ theories , though there are several relatively successful ones in the literature . |
| 3 | He looked slightly amused as he said : ‘ I am not owed any explanations , this is your house . ’ |
| 4 | I am not buying any more pencil cases . |
| 5 | I am not buying any more pencil cases . |
| 6 | I am not enjoying this . |
| 7 | I can recall on occasion thinking ‘ I am not enjoying this . ’ |
| 8 | If you really can not talk then you can write your replies , but I am not leaving this room until I have them . |
| 9 | And I am not suggesting that learning to relax will change a single external circumstance ; what it will change is the effect those external circumstances have on your mind and body . |
| 10 | I am not suggesting that . |
| 11 | Thus I am not disputing this vital fact which classical economists have ( rightly ) asserted as indefeasible . |
| 12 | ‘ I am not making this sacrifice for nothing . ’ |
| 13 | Let me quote again from the report so that people realise that I am not making this up . |
| 14 | ‘ I am not doing this to provoke . |
| 15 | ‘ I am not having this , ’ he said . |
| 16 | I am not anticipating that anybody in this room will do it the way I say I do it . |
| 17 | In suggesting that philosophical and sociological perspectives be added to the curriculum , I am not proposing that discrete packages of philosophy or sociology be introduced . |
| 18 | I am not saying this is universal , of course , but I think the pressure from the City on industry to maximise profits tends to make them take short cuts . |
| 19 | I am not saying this to make your head swell . |
| 20 | Sorry I 'm not laying any criticism anywhere |
| 21 | But if you imagine when you were about this high and someone gives you a ball to kick and you you fall over and you , Right I 'm not trying that again . |
| 22 | ‘ Riddle had it coming to him , I 'm not wasting any tears over that bastard . ’ |
| 23 | It suddenly says hang on , I 'm not wasting enough paper , let's shove a few blanks through , fires more blanks than the T A that thing . |
| 24 | I 'm not throwing that away . |
| 25 | I 'm not touching that car . ’ |
| 26 | If it does n't I 'm not touching that . |
| 27 | I 'm not leaving any mess |
| 28 | ‘ I 'm not leaving this little lady ! |
| 29 | yeah I think yeah and , and he er , he look , he did n't even know how to take bloody back off I had to show him how to take it , I said oh I 'm not leaving this with him , that were video |
| 30 | ‘ Don Howe 's got us all on this exercise programme and I 'm not breaking any records in there but my general conditioning is OK . ’ |