Example sentences of "[v-ing] [coord] [pers pn] [verb] not [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had never before been accused of stealing and it did not sit well with him . |
| 2 | Defence lawyer Mr Gerry Trainor pleaded that others living there were not objecting and they did not intend any trouble . |
| 3 | Turning points in relationships , too , are often mapped out in this way — a quarrel , a meeting , a reconciliation may mark the moment of ‘ conception ’ ; one knows that a new phase is beginning but it does not become openly apparent until this nine-month span has past . |
| 4 | This may be temporarily quashing but it does not satisfy … |
| 5 | Then she remembered that it was only a selection of the poems he had been reading and she did not need to speculate further , for — much to her surprise — he began to read |
| 6 | It was exhausting and she did not know enough to analyse each problem properly . |
| 7 | This usually all works well with a large one-off competition , but if you have organised a series of regional newspaper competitions , for example , you will need to have a foolproof system to ensure that winners receive their prizes shortly after winning and you do not have irate editors ringing up saying that their readers are growing angry at the lack of delivery . |
| 8 | I saw it , ’ and Chapman backed his players ' view : ‘ I could not see clearly from my position , but Arsenal , almost to a man , stopped playing and I do not think they would have done that unless they had been satisfied that the ball had been out of play , ’ he told the Sunday Express . |
| 9 | It is always almost impossible for a single practitioner to obtain more than the other firms in the area are obtaining and you do not want to be in a position of being undersold because your colleagues in other firms have an unrealistic view about what should be charged . |