Example sentences of "not [v-ing] take " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the remainder of the carol I was on tenterhooks , not daring to take my eyes from the lectern . |
| 2 | Because of his inexperience and the firing of the two previous directors , he asked to do it under another name , not wanting to take the rap for a flop . |
| 3 | Not wanting to take any risks , they brought forward the dates for the 1992 tournament to September . |
| 4 | I just , it 's just a sort of an idea at this stage , I 'm not wanting to take up ogres of time on this , but |
| 5 | As there was so much at stake the standard of hockey was effective with both teams playing conservatively and not wanting to take too many risks . |
| 6 | You see there 's peo the people have got commitments and they 're not wanting to take them on . |
| 7 | Sir Norman said : ‘ I am not going take any criticism from Mr Lamont on that particular area . |
| 8 | He fired : ‘ I am not going take any criticism from Mr Lamont on that particular area . |
| 9 | IF IT worries you that the national survey on sexual habits is not going to take place , you could take comfort from the thought that it probably wo n't make a vast amount of difference in the long run . |
| 10 | ‘ They 're not going to take my word for it . ’ |
| 11 | Raise your right hand and say : ‘ I 'm a slob , I 'm mad as hell at myself and I 'm not going to take it anymore . ’ |
| 12 | To his amazement , the ticket collector at Euston wished him success in his mission , and on his arrival at Sheffield the porter at his hotel pleaded : ‘ I hope you 're not going to take our Dunne away . ’ |
| 13 | But I 'm just not going to take the risk . ’ |
| 14 | Well , watch out world , because Sarah 's not going to take it any more . |
| 15 | I could eat her up ’ , or ‘ I 'm not going to take that from him ; it sticks in my throat ’ . |
| 16 | Montana said : ‘ Steve and the team are playing well so they are not going to take a chance of throwing me in unless they have to . ’ |
| 17 | I 'm not going to take another until I get my confidence back . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I 'm not going to take sleazy questions like that . |
| 19 | Ian is obviously a deeply spiritual person and I for one am NOT going to take the piss out of him as he recounts to us his close encounter with ‘ them ’ . |
| 20 | ‘ I 'm not going to take this personally . |
| 21 | There was no question of his telephoning Émile Chaillot : he was not going to take orders from a mere administrator . |
| 22 | ‘ But you 're not going to take Jim away , are you ? |
| 23 | They get on , they would not sit down , the pilot says I 'm not going to take off unless you take your seats . |
| 24 | ‘ You 're not going to take me , are you ? ’ she challenged him . |
| 25 | It 's taken me four years to get to the point where I can live without you , start to look forward to the future , and you 're not going to take that away from me . |
| 26 | ‘ But I 'm not going to take you ; not tonight … ’ |
| 27 | Theda took Hector to the kitchen and left him with Mrs Elswick to do what he might in the way of cajolery , for she had several morsels of interest to his ever ready stomach , and Theda was obviously not going to take him outside . |
| 28 | or take it off your winnings , but I 'm not going to take it off my winnings so |
| 29 | Well , then that was at a higher level than at present , but we 're not going to take on at ten per cent interest . |
| 30 | I mean this , this product , if people have got the health to buy it , because we 're obviously not going to take on people that are in poor health , they can afford it , because obviously as they get older , the risk is greater and it becomes more expensive , it sells itself , it really does , it 's a brilliant product . |