Example sentences of "n't [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was sitting on the bed with her album — that sparsely-peopled record of whatever it was that she 'd left behind and she was n't leafing through it but hugging it close , as if it was a physical source of comfort to her when times were at their lowest . |
| 2 | I was n't depending on him anymore . |
| 3 | " I hope you were n't depending on him for a lift , were you ? " he asked Graham . |
| 4 | However ghastly I might feel , however feeble , I was n't drowning in blood . |
| 5 | This was n't helping at all . |
| 6 | He was n't helping at all . |
| 7 | ‘ How ? ’ she asked , disappointed that he was n't confiding in her . |
| 8 | But there was ground fire , although they were n't firing at us . |
| 9 | He was n't reacting to that ploy . |
| 10 | Now that Pearce had openly stated that the evidence had been planted , he was n't reacting in the way that he 'd ever have guessed . |
| 11 | I ai n't goin' to let it now , either ; I ai n't goin' to be taken advantage of . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Well , I ai n't goin' to , ’ said Dolly , ‘ I 'd feel daft . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I 'ope you ai n't goin' to be mean , ’ said Dolly . |
| 14 | ‘ I dare say I can , but I ai n't goin' to , ’ said Dolly , ‘ the blanket might fall off . ’ |
| 15 | B : I ai n't goin' to . |
| 16 | I told my 'Arold I was n't goin' in no wooden seats . |
| 17 | He did n't mean to be nasty , he was n't hinting at anything , he was just being clumsy . |
| 18 | What I do is n't singing about myself , I kinda make up these little stories , I do n't know where they come from … |
| 19 | So if you just kept your treble clef you 'd have a lot of lines possibly that you were n't using at all . |
| 20 | well God help her she could n't er , at the end , she could n't eat at all and we were forcing her to eat and she was n't eating at all . |
| 21 | A single mother I met in Sheffield has got housing , but in a Dickensian block of flats , on the fifth floor , with no lift , a damp kitchen , bathroom and hall where the wallpaper seems to stand up only out of inertia because it is n't sticking to the walls . |
| 22 | I ai n't apologizing to you because you ai n't gon na talk to me . |
| 23 | So I hope hopefully this evening will be a very constructive meeting and we 'll certainly welcome your views about what you feel should be happening to the theatre or should be taken or should be taken place at the theatre , what should be on at the theatre , and er things that you feel that are n't happening at the moment . |
| 24 | She shut her eyes , unsure if she was trying to blot out the unexpected hunger in his kiss , or opting for her ostrich trick again and trying to pretend this was n't happening to her . |
| 25 | It has been like that , something that was n't happening to us . ’ |
| 26 | If the record is n't happening in any of the media , it is probably best to cut your losses and pay the bill . |
| 27 | ( You 'd think he might have been a bit more careful — after all , this was n't happening in the Dark Ages before birth control was invented . ) |
| 28 | erm its but I think to say that it is n't happening in schools is a bit unfair , because I do think it does happen in many schools erm and but there 's a great deal of work to be done . |
| 29 | Surfers despised bodyboarders for not standing up on their boards : they were n't walking on water , they were wallowing in it . |
| 30 | I nearly stood on a grouse once , when we were walking up I was n't walking with you , it was when we were with the Footpath Society . |