Example sentences of "n't [v-ing] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | However ghastly I might feel , however feeble , I was n't drowning in blood . |
| 2 | ‘ How ? ’ she asked , disappointed that he was n't confiding in her . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | I told my 'Arold I was n't goin' in no wooden seats . |
| 5 | If the record is n't happening in any of the media , it is probably best to cut your losses and pay the bill . |
| 6 | ( 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 . ) |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | She realized that she was n't walking in a straight line and was unsteady on her feet . |
| 9 | During the damp November evenings when the gas lamp flickered in the wind , nothing would convince me that danger was n't lurking in the eerie shadows . |
| 10 | The elephants were n't swimming in the pond , they were floating on their backs , and one of them was balancing me gently on the flat tops of its upturned feet . |
| 11 | As she told herself several times , she was glad that she and William were n't living in one another 's pockets . |
| 12 | On the reduced T V licence fees well I think we all recognize that everybody who 's unemployed is n't living in the lap of luxury drinking ten double whiskies a day hitting the racecourses with a top hat and tail on the only pleasure , especially people who 've got young children to bring up is the television and such is the price of the licence nowadays that in order to sustain that other things in the family are going short . |
| 13 | So because it er as I said it was a relief to her i were a relief to us as children because then we were n't living in in terror of him coming home and you know causing the bother . |
| 14 | Then , when the boy was n't looking in his direction he hurled it towards the pool . |
| 15 | Fortunately , Nevil was n't looking in his mirror , he had his head out of the driver 's window as if looking for a street name . |
| 16 | They were n't going in the direction of the shops or the Sports Centre , he knew that . |
| 17 | So please do n't be put off by the title , it says Help the Aged , I ai n't going in there ! |
| 18 | As I say , people are n't going in in there to look at , oh ! what a pretty carpet you 've got . |
| 19 | There 's a plug in the garage but I ai n't going in the garage . |
| 20 | Sometimes the fungi is n't growing in the soil proper but just under the ground on the decaying foot or stump of a tree , so a little investigation is necessary in these cases . |
| 21 | The older one moved forward to take command now that it was clear the Apaches were n't waiting in ambush . |
| 22 | One thing was certain — she was n't staying in this building one instant longer than she had to . |
| 23 | ‘ No , and he is n't staying in the same hotel . ’ |
| 24 | Fabia went down to dinner that night and could n't help thinking that , even though it was certain that he was n't staying in the same hotel , or he 'd have said so , perhaps he might decide to have his dinner there . |
| 25 | The child was n't wilting in an alien environment . |
| 26 | It was a great learning experience and I needed that time , but I was n't moving in leaps and bounds . |
| 27 | Reid admitted : ‘ That hurt him and it got to the stage where he was n't getting in there to take chances . |
| 28 | I noticed people coming towards us were n't getting in her way . |
| 29 | I ai n't getting in here again . |
| 30 | ‘ This castle certainly is n't lacking in atmosphere , ’ commented Julius . |