Example sentences of "not [adv] [v-ing] [prep] [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Choose your type of moisturiser , not only according to your skin type , but also in relation to the climate . |
| 2 | ‘ You 're not still dwelling on our conversation on the beach , are you ? ’ he asked with a hint of impatience . |
| 3 | Maggie was thankful that her heart had settled down a bit and was not now hammering in her chest like a wild bird . |
| 4 | The only complaint — and she was not really complaining against her uncle , perhaps I should rather say the cause for depression — was that from time to time she was very homesick and longed to see her mother and girls of her own age . ’ |
| 5 | " There 's no excuse for not even thinking about your shot when you 're waiting to hit to a green . " |
| 6 | It was n't so much the ageing process itself that sent my spirits plummeting — although greying hair and wrinkles were n't exactly adding to my self-esteem — as the realisation that time is marching on and I had better not waste a moment of it . |
| 7 | She ai n't really looking at my face , but straight into my eyes . |
| 8 | The humans were n't even looking in his direction . |