Example sentences of "n't [adv] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He reached forward and touched her knee in a way that was n't wholly reassuring . |
| 2 | ( The grammar is also one of reassurance : with the object positioned second , the beloved is n't suddenly going to turn out to be someone different . ) |
| 3 | 2 Novella was n't only drawing a veil over her beauty , but over her femaleness , synonymous — in the descendance of Eve — with seductiveness ; and , even more fatally , with folly . |
| 4 | Was there any by chance , any information that Mr was n't only sharing his flat with Mr but was also sharing his wife with Mr ? |
| 5 | MacQuillan was n't only talking about getting the British out of Northern Ireland , he was using HM Supplies to channel money to terrorist groups . |
| 6 | So you 've got to create something quite simple and effective in which they can be successful , which is n't so demanding as you would for the other group . |
| 7 | By the same token they are unsuitable for small rooms , and would be so even if their considerable bulk was n't so dominating in such surroundings . |
| 8 | Nutty considered , and wondered if she was n't perhaps setting her targets too high . |
| 9 | Now , would n't necessarily suggesting that the existing settlement would have to sustain all of the addition given only what it 's got at the moment . |
| 10 | After meetings with A&M Records and the band 's management , we realized Radio I was n't necessarily going to welcome this band with open arms . |
| 11 | And the tried and true w , tested , the tried and tested ways are n't necessarily going to be of any use to you . |
| 12 | If its policy seemed more or less radical at different times it was n't necessarily changing its view of land reform , but it was keeping its final goal of socialism in sight so it had to make short term expediencies . |
| 13 | Simon was at a Pavement gig , but it was n't necessarily featuring the band of that name . |
| 14 | So because there 's this contrast the child is n't necessarily playing up or not bothering . |
| 15 | Those who were n't constantly eating or in front of a mirror , were trying to commit suicide . |
| 16 | I was n't memorably arresting or amusing , and I dare say I fell back on the weather like everyone else , but it worked . |
| 17 | Ron was n't entirely joking . |
| 18 | Only Daine was n't just living out a fantasy . |
| 19 | In those days cookery writers were n't just filling out their recipes with ingredients they were being paid to sell . |
| 20 | For good pictures , enthused London dealer Heinz Berggruen , ‘ The market is n't just inching up — it 's jumping up ! ’ |
| 21 | After all , Jesus was n't just telling them a nice story . |
| 22 | They were n't just humming a chorus of ‘ North Sea Sunrise ’ , the jazz tribute to the industry which the Norwegian contractor Kvaerner commissioned for its reception at Aberdeen 's Beach Ballroom . |
| 23 | " Forensic science is n't just helping the police to discover who 's guilty . |
| 24 | They are n't just poor women , they are battered In breaking away they are n't just leaving home , they are changing from the victims they once thought they were into survivors , transformed by their own flight into a little bit of freedom and safety among other women . |
| 25 | But the machine is n't just listening , it 's evaluating the child 's condition . |
| 26 | And he gets up and sees the situation and remember , he said , Jesus was n't out for joy ride , he was n't just passing an evening relaxing and unwinding and resting away from the crowd , he had gone into the boat for a purpose , he was going to the other side , and no storm was gon na stop him getting there ! |
| 27 | As ever , life is n't easy ( no siree Bob , you ai n't just whistling Dixie ) . |
| 28 | He did n't know what it was , but now it was n't small talk and he was n't just ticking over any more . |
| 29 | The devil has something to be said for him : he acts on his own initiative and is n't just following orders . |
| 30 | So he was n't just saying it . |