Example sentences of "n't [v-ing] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Would n't pissing leave you . |
| 2 | That ai n't helping to do things for children . |
| 3 | If she was n't enjoying flogging her victim , she was giving a good performance . |
| 4 | ‘ Oh , you cheeky cuss , ’ she said , ‘ I might be poor and 'omeless , but I 'm respectable , I am , and I ai n't goin' to listen to you talkin' about my bottom , you ought to be locked up for even mentioning it . ’ |
| 5 | I ai n't goin' to let it now , either ; I ai n't goin' to be taken advantage of . ’ |
| 6 | But no ; their Christianity was n't goin' to go that far . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ She ai n't goin' to like that , ’ said Linda . |
| 8 | Well , not being that kind of a girl , I was n't goin' to stay there with me virtue in danger . ’ |
| 9 | While the institutions most usually approached for funding here ( The Arts Council , RTE , Commercial business ) are n't clamouring to pour money into film , both Giannaris and Gibbons feel that with persistence and imagination ( albeit in voluminous quantities ! ) the now microscopic organism may eventually become multi-cellular . |
| 10 | I ai n't dyin' to wear grey all me life , y'know . ’ |
| 11 | And , when he is n't tending to overdo it , his searing breaks , demonstrating a rare turn of speed , can be devastating . |
| 12 | To begin with , we were n't looking to trick anyone — the job was perfectly straightforward — and we wanted to get a good geographic spread to avoid any bias towards the London area which has the lion 's share of the current bureau . |
| 13 | ‘ I felt that as soon as I took over Gary had it in his mind that he was n't looking to play for England beyond the two years which took him up to the European Championships , ’ he said . |
| 14 | I was n't attempting to question your capabilities . |
| 15 | Only in keeping with the bumper sticker , the driver is n't heading to work at all . |
| 16 | cos they got that bloody many that are n't paying have n't they ? |
| 17 | God I would n't chuffing bother about them me , I would n't even pay it , think it 's disgusting , bloody stuff , what a load of crap anyway , you 'd of had it were n't yeah if it were n't |
| 18 | Although this is a fair wage , it is n't going to sustain a rock ‘ n ’ roll superstar lifestyle for longer than a few weeks , so it is only by sensible use of budgets that the real size of the advances can be put in context . |
| 19 | They 're on a life raft , where the thing is n't going to float if it does n't get good notices . |
| 20 | Halfway down he knew it was n't going to stop so he switched everything off , kept the brakes on to the end , and as it hit the grass he let the brakes off . |
| 21 | " Not too well , " he said shortly , and then added an odd thing : " I hope being happy is n't going to stop me writing . " |
| 22 | He had no passport , but that was n't going to stop him . |
| 23 | But it was n't going to stop him . |
| 24 | We were n't going to stop there with a fresh skipper . |
| 25 | The head of a world-wide chain of shops , and goodness knew what else besides , was n't going to stop before he reached his target . |
| 26 | I mean there was a classic case a couple of years ago of a lady who was pushing a baby in a pram across a zebra crossing and as she was half way across out of the corner of her eye she saw a truck thundering towards her which was quite clearly was n't going to stop and that you know a sort of fairly anxious situation , and she froze . |
| 27 | She says that when there 's a chase and it 's obvious the person is n't going to stop , the police should back off . |
| 28 | and , you know , if people do n't care for you they are n't going to stop |
| 29 | Did the Iraqis give any indication as to why they were n't going to stop originally ? |
| 30 | I think that may be their pattern now , that they are n't going to stop erm unless made clear that they will be required to do so , and it 's further evidence that we are going to enforce this embargo . |