Example sentences of "be [pers pn] [not/n't] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She says , ‘ How am I going to get round all these people phoning me up saying , ‘ Why am I not getting calls , it 's all your fault ’ , you know , all the rest of it ’ , when they have n't diverted their telephone to the right extension number . |
| 2 | Am I not sending you ? ’ |
| 3 | Not only am I not prepared to have a semi-detached marriage , but I 'm convinced that if you really cared for me you would have no hesitation about placing my interests first , ’ had been his parting shot as he had left the apartment , slamming the front door loudly behind him . |
| 4 | So what am I doing here , why am I not tucked safely up in bed like most sane people and why is there no prospect of any further rest until we get to Burslem in Stoke , more than 60 miles away ? |
| 5 | Got to have that Dils doo dee doo doo doo I 'll go and change I 'm gon na let my hair go down am I not wearing a football shirt ? |
| 6 | Why am I not trying to go out |
| 7 | ‘ Am I not allowed to say buenas tardes ? ’ |
| 8 | Why am I not allowed to feel the same about something that means a great deal to me ? ’ she retorted fiercely . |
| 9 | That 's the way I feel , am I not allowed ? |
| 10 | Am I not to think aloud in your presence ? |
| 11 | You therefore , constantly and vigilantly , ask yourself , ‘ why am I not doing a priority task instead of this one ? ’ |
| 12 | Or am I not permitted to speak in my own house ? ’ |
| 13 | " Why are you not wearing the medal I sent you as a keepsake ? " |
| 14 | He cut in angrily : ‘ Then why are you not wearing it ? ’ |
| 15 | And then when we went for a drink he used to say are you not buying me a drink ? |
| 16 | ‘ Why are you not acting ? ’ he asked her abruptly ; more interested by far in her than in the genteel maunderings on stage . |
| 17 | Right , yeah i I 've got a , I need to set a date with Catherine , an appraisal and then we 'll be , are you not looking forward to it ? |
| 18 | ‘ But are you not related ? ’ |
| 19 | Put yourself in the position of one of the bystanders on the path of Christ 's passion : Are you not moved to tears of remorse by the only Begotten Son of God , who for you and all mankind , in his innocence , was seized , dragged along , blindfolded , mocked , spat upon , crowned with thorns , finally hanged between thieves on the cross ? … |
| 20 | Are you not getting any treats ? |
| 21 | they 're good you know , are you not getting any ? |
| 22 | Are you not inundated with men wishing to become your lover ? ’ |
| 23 | " Then why are you not eating it more enthusiastically ? " |
| 24 | Are you not do that . |
| 25 | Reg are you not playing ? |
| 26 | He said to Tracey , are you not paying ? |
| 27 | ‘ Are you not going to speak ? ’ said Stok mockingly . |
| 28 | Are you not going to do this ? |
| 29 | ‘ Are you not going to lock the door again ? |
| 30 | Are you not going that way ? |