Example sentences of "not [v-ing] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm not using bugged in that er , bugging in conversations . |
| 2 | It is not scaremongering to raise these spectres . |
| 3 | Out ( Not Including Frees & Non Renewed contracts — too many of them ) |
| 4 | Then it was that , with him towering over her , she took a step back and observed that Naylor Massingham must have some highly confidential papers in his briefcase since , evidently not trusting to leave it in his car , he had chosen to bring it up to her flat with him . |
| 5 | You ca n't say that it 's not helping bring people to the Sugar shows but after one show I hope they 'll forget about everything else . |
| 6 | After losing 83–6 to Blaydon and 42–3 to Horden in recent weeks , the injuries are not helping to get back on the rails in time for their final two league matches this month against Sunderland and Mowden Park . |
| 7 | ‘ Not allowing shooting here , for instance . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ That 's all right , then , ’ she answered weakly , not daring to ask what he meant by this last cryptic announcement . |
| 9 | The audience were all staring at the stage — as though not daring to miss one moment . |
| 10 | Not daring to leave his kingdom in its current state , in September 1325 and probably on the suggestion of Bishop Stratford of Winchester , who was then negotiating in Paris , he very reluctantly despatched the Prince of Wales to act for him . |
| 11 | We tiptoed past , not daring to whisper even . |
| 12 | They sat in the cold front room , not daring to light a fire in the strange house . |
| 13 | He pulled away , but Ruth 's hand closed desperately , not daring to lose him again . |
| 14 | A memory of the day mentioned by Joanna stirred at the back of her mind , but , not daring to examine it , she waited for Joanna to say something . |
| 15 | Not daring to tremble , she saw the point of his sword coming towards her heart , and , sure that this time she would die , closed her eyes . |
| 16 | Finally , he stood still , not daring to move . |
| 17 | Endill tried to see where he was but it was too dark and he waited , not daring to move , for the Headmaster to put on the lights . |
| 18 | He shivered , not daring to move in case they noticed and dragged him out . |
| 19 | ‘ Get her off — it hurts ! ’ he whispered at me , not daring to move or make too much noise . |
| 20 | He stood still , not daring to move , unable to break away . |
| 21 | He looked down and saw his colleague still lying in the mud , not daring to move . |
| 22 | They both sat there , not looking at each other , not daring to move . |
| 23 | She stared , hypnotised , not daring to move again as he resumed his task , and she fought her physical responses , rigidly blocking out the sensual touch of each curling finger as it hooked up the criss-crossing lace . |
| 24 | ‘ Do n't be frightened , ’ he repeated softly , not daring to move again in case she fled . |
| 25 | She crept stealthily along the gallery , not daring to put on a light in case she should wake Luke , past his room , feeling carefully in the half-darkness . |
| 26 | She held the bag between them , suddenly not daring to put it down in case it signalled something , the consequences of which she might regret . |
| 27 | Not daring to put on the light , she sat up and felt for the glass of water on the bedside table . |
| 28 | For the remainder of the carol I was on tenterhooks , not daring to take my eyes from the lectern . |
| 29 | I wanted to have Dana beside me as his coffin slid so smoothly into the flames and my mother clutched my arm , not daring to watch something she felt was horrible — and was to happen to her one day , at the new crematorium in Bath , high up in those verdant hills . |
| 30 | In the end , Clara , exasperated beyond endurance , brought up once more the possibility of cremation ( not daring to mention , even in her own mind , which had not quite forsaken filial tenderness , the possibility of the once-praised dust cart ) and Mrs Maugham , square , immutable , said quite astonishingly for her , and invoking sanctions she had been deriding for thirty years , that ashes must go to ashes and dust to dust . |