Example sentences of "[am/are] not [v-ing] [adv prt] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | Another powerful reason why improved mud buildings are not catching on in the tropical Third World is that for poor families , housing is not the first priority . |
2 | Monitoring of people moved from Friern Hospital in north London and Claybury Hospital in Essex shows that they are not slipping out of the system and are enjoying a better quality of life with greater independence and a more varied social life . |
3 | What evidence is there that you are not living up to the appropriate standards ? |
4 | ‘ They are not writhing around like a Soho sex show but it is outrageous compared to the traditional performance of Swan Lake . ’ |
5 | Government and hospitals are not opting out of the N H S at all , they are every much of it a as part of the Health Service as they every have been and you all know that and it 's about time you stopped saying it . |
6 | The auctioneers Phillips have asked us to point out that they are not giving up on the continent , although they are reducing their representation there ( The Art Newspaper No. 21 October 1992 , p. 27 ) . |
7 | ‘ We inhabitants of the post-historical world ’ , he trumpets , ‘ will have to keep in mind that the truly fundamental transformation in world politics are not going on in a desolate Middle Eastern desert , but back in cette vielle Europe which was the cradle of the idea of human freedom ’ . |
8 | They are not going in at the moment but that does n't worry me because he is a smashing lad doing the right things again . |
9 | ‘ You are not walking on to the stage at the Shield , or any theatre in which I have influence , again . |
10 | If you look up to the university lecturer or down on the cleaner , either way you 're not facing up to the truth about us all . |
11 | Although its giant neighbour , Ben Alder , can be viewed from the A9 at the top of Loch Ericht , and the peak further west along its ridge , Aonach Beag , can be seen briefly from the A86 if you 're not fishing about for an extra strong mint in the glove compartment , Carn Dearg reveals itself only to those prepared to sweat a bit . |
12 | They 're they 're not living out in the in the sticks the vast majority of people , they actually live in in settlements . |
13 | alarm , I hope they 're not running about in the barn all day going bad , we 'll all get fucking poisoned , did you leave us a couple ? |
14 | You 're not going back for a month ? |
15 | Or if you 're not going back to the hospital , it will be sent to you by post . |
16 | Yeah we 're not going back to the underpass do |
17 | You 're not going back in the family business , are you , Floyd ? ’ |
18 | I am bound to say My Lords that my own view is still that the size within the limits laid down by statute with a minimum of sixteen or eighteen and maximum of twenty-four would best be determined locally and if we 're not going in for a national police force , I still ca n't see what it has to do with the Secretary of State and why the Home Office should be settling the size of forty-three or so police authorities . |
19 | Well you 're not going out on the razzle dazzle . |
20 | ‘ No you 're not going out to the cinema tonight . |
21 | " I hope you 're not coming down with a fever , dear , " said my mother . |
22 | So I 'm not queuing up at the bakers . |
23 | I 'm not going on with the lecture if they 're going to play their childish little games in here . ’ |
24 | She 's getting a gun out and she goes I 'm not going out without a fight . |
25 | But I 'm not going out with a bloody cold like this ! |
26 | I said could n't care less if it 's triple time I 'm not coming in on a Sunday . |
27 | I said I see enough of this place all bleeding week I 'm not coming in on a Sunday . |
28 | But er before I came out I switched it on cos I 'm not coming back to a cold house . |
29 | ‘ I 'm not coming back for a while . |
30 | It 's all right , sweetie , I 'm not coming back with a bone through my nose , but I might come back with a bit less of a bone in my head . |