Example sentences of "[adj] and not [v-ing] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Patrick is still having difficulties with girls : the married man keeps going to bed with them , not liking it very much and not liking the distress it brings to a wife whom he does like and who is carefully crafted to be likeable . |
| 2 | And because of this ‘ safety net ’ there is no chance of the reader getting lost and not understanding the play . |
| 3 | The flood banks will surely be rebuilt , hopefully made stronger by the use of wire mesh , gabions or even sheet-piling and not forgetting the use of natural vegetation to consolidate them . |
| 4 | Poor Graham and myself were really starving and not paying the rent , and David really started looking after himself . |
| 5 | But , Mr Bristow stresses , ‘ the key on the publisher 's part is being responsible and not overloading the store ’ . |