Example sentences of "not [pers pn] [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A year or two later , expanding on her analysis , Iris Murdoch dubbed the journalistic novel ‘ loose and cheerful ’ , adding gaily that she was inclined to start writing a novel in the hope that ‘ a lot of people who are not me are going to come into existence in some wonderful way ’ — though frustrated , sometimes , by the prevailing theoretical power of her own philosophical mind . |
| 2 | Some of them have asked me about my parentage , some of them have asked me whether or not I am tinkering with the laws of God . |
| 3 | I 'm not I 'm watching the cup final |
| 4 | I 'm not I 'm taking the piss out the way he said it . |
| 5 | Oh certainly not I 'm staying at or the I am not traipsing across France . |
| 6 | They must be independent , not mention in the will you ca n't have a beneficiary who 's a witness , you ca n't have a husband or wife of a beneficiary as a witness either because not I 'm told very first clause there are n't , to get a duplicate made bungalow or something like that he might be missing out on the bungalow and the was The course leader at the time told me the story that saw him and he would n't tell me who it was I want my ten percent commission . |
| 7 | I 'm not I 'm concentrating on cookers , microwaves and |
| 8 | That they 're th No , th I 'm not I 'm discriminating o against them on the grounds that they have legs that do that . |
| 9 | I do n't yet know whether or not I 'm going to do that . |
| 10 | No , not I 'm going in the ! |
| 11 | Yeah but I 'm not I 'm going home and put on a different pair of shoes though . |
| 12 | Now I 'm not I 'm asking is whether its shareholders could write in to apply for a concessionary ticket to Alton Towers and get a reduced price if they so wish . |
| 13 | ‘ Shall not I be chained like a prisoner to a child for the rest of my life ? |
| 14 | I therefore reminded him that the Emperor had authorized my journey , and told him that whether his soldiers came with me or not I was leaving that afternoon . |
| 15 | No , they 're not I was gon na ah da da , do n't do n't ! |
| 16 | As it happened , I had that same morning been giving thought to the dilemma of whether or not I was expected to reciprocate my employer 's bantering , and had been seriously worried at how he might be viewing my repeated failure to respond to such openings . |
| 17 | told me not she 's taping anybody else , tape it as a Walkman , but I do n't know how she can , because you 're not allowed to what |
| 18 | Well , who did n't ? who would n't ? but she 's never cottoned on to me , and so I do n't know whether or not she 's told you … oh , to put it plainly , I had to give her her marching orders . ’ |
| 19 | Steve keeps saying he were he says I 'm having that tape recorder , I says you 're not she 's coming to take it back . |
| 20 | The two of you — and your lawyers — will look at your financial position , at your wife 's , at how long you 've been married , whether or not she 's working ( and if she is n't , what sort of work she 'll be able to find ) and eventually come up with a sum which is supposed to be fair to both of you . |
| 21 | Sometimes she was served up garnished with prizes , a certificate of excellence in swimming or a merit card from a teacher , but more often than not she was slapped down in front of him like a British Rail sandwich , garnished with a series of medical complaints . |
| 22 | Whether or not she was cooking , she regularly donned an apron as a symbolically matriarchal gesture that she was in charge of domestic arrangements . |
| 23 | Charlie laughed loudly to cover the fact that he was n't quite certain whether or not she was joking . |
| 24 | Whether or not she was saved , it was a fact that she had saved him from a bleak scepticism . |
| 25 | Whether she wanted to or not she was facing the portrait and Alain looked at it too , his expression sombre . |
| 26 | They knew what he was referring to , and Kate resolved that whether Stephen liked it or not she was going to tell Mrs Blakey . |
| 27 | Towards dawn , Miranda no longer knew whether or not she was dreaming , as she felt Adam 's flesh against hers and inhaled the pungent almond smell of love ; by the dying embers of the drawing-room fire , she could just see his face . |
| 28 | She is adamant that under no circumstances would she consent to further use of a nasogastric tube , whether or not she was drugged to such a degree that she felt little discomfort as it was pushed down into her stomach . |
| 29 | After that , she went out later for a few mornings , not admitting to herself whether or not she was avoiding him . |
| 30 | Well it 's not you 're picking on it 's Michael or la last night it was Thomas . |