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 .
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