Example sentences of "[adv] [not/n't] [verb] [to-vb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When it was some ten metres away and was obviously not going to stop at the shelter , Adam stepped right into its path . |
| 2 | I am just not prepared to wait for the green shoots of recovery . ’ |
| 3 | I was enjoying running but was still not going to put in the time necessary to break into the top rank . |
| 4 | Whereas before I used to say let's do this or that and worry if it was n't done , now I 've decided that I 'm really not going to worry about the garden any more . |
| 5 | He had been warned the night before not to attempt to go to the airport but had done so anyway . |
| 6 | However , in such cases one will often not need to progress to the follow-up sessions of therapy which would be needed by those others who are trying to overcome a particular problem . |
| 7 | As for the hoped-for recasting of the ‘ community charge ’ , nothing short of transferring education to central government — which is simply not going to happen before the next election — can reduce it to a politically painless level . |
| 8 | In any event , if you ca n't manage a simpler case you are surely not going to succeed with the more difficult one . |
| 9 | One son , for example , was sometimes not allowed to sleep in the house , but was left out in the garden at night . |
| 10 | WAKING UP one Sunday morning , my first thought was of more sleep and consequently not bothering to go to the deanery day that had been organised in our area . |
| 11 | " Did the service men come ? " asked Clara , feeling some word required of her , and yet not daring to comment upon the story 's true import . |
| 12 | At the time I was involved in various things at Philips Records and I asked someone if they knew of anyone who could get David out of his contract , and was told that he knew a man called Tony DeFries who was actually not allowed to practise at the bar — he was a consultant , a trouble-shooter , divorce cases . |
| 13 | She collects samples , takes measurements and no doubt makes the tea : she is not expected to analyse the data she collects , and certainly not required to think about the questions those data might answer . |