Example sentences of "be [not/n't] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am not one for the bright lights . |
| 2 | ‘ I am not one for shilly-shallying , as well you know , Forest — in the event , I should make sure you were Will Slaughter 's next victim . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ But I am not one for settling for mid-season mediocrity — it 's all or nothing for me . |
| 4 | ‘ I am not he of Tellenor , ’ said my dad , who was always good at bluffing . |
| 5 | As with his genealogical history , Foucault 's meditations on power are not themselves without problems , but reactions to them can also be too hastily dismissive , often because it is assumed that they are proposed as a general theory . |
| 6 | The new law recognises that both parents continue to be responsible for their children even when they are separated or divorced : children are not something to be ‘ won or lost ’ in divorce proceedings . |
| 7 | Increasingly , plants are seen as an integral part of any office complex and are not something to be considered only during a refurbishment or initial build . |
| 8 | If you are not one for counting calories or fat units , then a diet that involves these things will eventually get broken . |
| 9 | The resources , whether material or human , are not there in anything like sufficient quantities , it is said . |
| 10 | What 's got into you Rex , you 're not yourself at all . ’ |
| 11 | Because he had the right attitude , he did n't quibble , he did n't moan he did n't criticize , he just got on with the job , and is n't that a little area that we can all work on somewhere , it comes down to that little bit of territory even , does n't it , if we 're given in the ministry and we say oh not there again , I worked that last time , I know that person in that house they 're all working , called on them and when they , I just do n't get , I just do n't get on with them , they 're not me at all , you see , we , we can go on and on in all kinds of areas ca n't we in the truth , but what an attitude to have and I thought this was a lovely expression here , look , erm , on page twenty seven , just about a third of the way down on the right hand side , he says as I have opportunity , I encourage new ones at that , that would take advantage of all privileged service , they 're given , and to learn to be content , and happy with it and just in the next paragraph at the end he says be happy and content in your present circumstances and blossom in a spiritual way in the soil where you are planted is n't that a lo a lovely expression , does n't that show a man who is spiritually alive and alert and awake , and is n't that how we should be , would n't the congregation flow and move along forward , so much better and more unitedly if we all have that lovely attitude that Jehovah service , no matter what it is , we ca n't all be public speakers , we ca n't all be giving a public talk at the district assembly can we ? |
| 12 | Well , I 'm not one to soldier on with this kind of treatment . |
| 13 | I 'm not one for imbuing phrases with a coy , knowing wink in their gait , but at the same time there is a meticulousness about these particular performances ( the Sixth is slightly better in this respect ) , which prevents the music from leaping off the page as quite it should . |
| 14 | I 'm not one for a lot of late nights because I have to be on form and looking good for work . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'm not one for records , but it would be nice to stand alongside such a great player as Nicklaus , ’ said Woosnam , who partners Mark Mouland in the two-man team event . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'm not one for crosses , I need quality through balls to my feet , which is n't our strong point right now . |
| 17 | I 'm not one for showing my emotions but that does n't mean I do n't feel things . ’ |
| 18 | I 'm not one for doing things like that . |
| 19 | I 'm not one for holidays , |
| 20 | ‘ I 'm not one for making predictions but I 'm sure it will be a hard fought , competitive 90 minutes . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I 'm not one for computers , me . |
| 22 | I 'm not one for squealing like but it was Michael . |
| 23 | I 'm not someone with the gift of the gab , though , and I do n't have that sort of charm . |
| 24 | because they are both the same age are n't they ? they 're both you know , young women are n't they of marriageable age and have rather different functions . |
| 25 | It has the result of making your notes illegible and unusable — for , after all , are n't they to be put into immaculate form later ? |
| 26 | Mind you see they 're , they 're very willing are n't they to er |
| 27 | I think , oh I think the holes are a bit big are n't they for a dormouse ? |
| 28 | they 're usually there are n't they on Sunday ? |
| 29 | Why are n't they at ballistics ? , |
| 30 | Right , things are on hold though with assessments are n't they at the moment , cos they |