Example sentences of "not [adv] [v-ing] with the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It 's only really the chap on the ground who gets to know what 's going on , gets chatting — and not just chatting with the management of the firm — chatting with the chap that runs the pretreatment plant , y'know , having a cup of tea with him and generally getting to know the individuals and the characters . |
| 2 | Managing Director of Rockcliffe , Graham Campbell said , ’ We are not just going with the trend , we are about to overtake it . ’ |
| 3 | In Marshall ( Thomas ) ( Exporters ) Ltd v Guinle [ 1978 ] 3 WLR 116 the defendant was not simply competing with the plaintiff during his employment but was also taking steps to prepare to compete once he had left by dealing with customers and suppliers of his employer . |
| 4 | But " thinking like a scientist " sooner or later involves greater autonomy , a bigger share of the decision-making : not simply discussing with the teacher and learning to guess from his facial expressions or other clues what the " right " answer might be , but actually wrestling unprompted with the methodology and materials in order to find it out for oneself . |
| 5 | Others within the government suggested that the 1965 normalization treaty which had established full diplomatic relations between South Korea and Japan [ see pp. 20972 ; 21310 ] — whilst not explicitly dealing with the issue of comfort women — had nevertheless resolved all matters relating to war reparations . |
| 6 | The missing boy was n't really interfering with the progress of the Connon case , because the progress only existed in theory . |