Example sentences of "[pron] not [v-ing] " in BNC.
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1 | 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 ? |
2 | Why am I not trying to go out |
3 | Am I not sending you ? ’ |
4 | 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 . |
5 | You therefore , constantly and vigilantly , ask yourself , ‘ why am I not doing a priority task instead of this one ? ’ |
6 | I not doing it . |
7 | I 'm not , I not arguing with it , yeah . |
8 | they said sorry I not going to let anyone use this . |
9 | And you said ooh I not going to get used to this . |
10 | I not going to see Gina . |
11 | No I not going to feed them . |
12 | I not going anywhere . |
13 | I not going anywhere I said . |
14 | And of course ’ Oh no ’ , I says to my mother , ’ I not going to out in advertising , I 'm going to join the forces ’ . |
15 | However , how many times have you seen your ball deviate off course at the last moment due to someone not repairing their pitch mark ? |
16 | Sometimes these accidents are caused by laziness , but more often they are the result of someone not realising the significance of doing things the right way . |
17 | She was smiling , pouting , pulling faces , striking poses like someone not knowing what to do in front of a family cine camera … |
18 | SOMEONE not having the authority to do so , sells or otherwise disposes of goods which do not belong to him . |
19 | It 's a shame you ai n't got no 'ome nor fam'ly , but I do n't like to see someone not eatin' when they 're laid up , you need a bit of food then . |
20 | ‘ Forgive my not rising , but I dare not move out of this chair until this wretched hair of mine is dry . ’ |
21 | ‘ You 've finished enjoying my not knowing . |
22 | She took a sip of her coffee and said , ‘ You seem to be making quite an issue of my not telling you , and I ca n't think why — especially if , as you say , you hardly knew Elise . ’ |
23 | It was more than compensation for my not having annexed the all-comers record earlier at Portsmouth because of a stronger than allowable following wind . |
24 | The pressure from London , however , was unrelenting : ‘ Gould has been so clamorous lately ’ , Lear wrote to Jardine , ‘ at my not having done any Birds of Europe for him , that I must do a batch for him without further delay . ’ |
25 | It was against my will but I felt there was no use fighting it , because the social worker had many things against me , like my not going to see the baby , and my being in prison — there were many things against me . |
26 | She appeared to have forgotten about my not going to the funeral but that was before she started to lose the steps to the attic , so to speak , so it just meant that she chose to not mention it . |
27 | Fancy my not guessing at once that the Umpire She was on about was none other than the top man himself . |
28 | I 've realized that this temperamental behaviour is the child in me not getting what I want . |
29 | I do n't think you can do anything about me not getting an erm they should just pay me more should n't they , if they ask to ? |
30 | Nobody would be pleased with me not helping . |