Example sentences of "not [v-ing] [pron] [prep] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shah Jehan , not contenting himself with the women he had in his palaces , forfeited the respect of his nobles by intrigues with their wives … |
| 2 | For not getting it in the nets . |
| 3 | ‘ I ca n't wait to get at it , but I 'm not saying anything about the ideas behind it 'cause people will be doing it before I get the chance . ’ |
| 4 | Oh bugger me I 'm , there 's no way I 'm not doing it by the books |
| 5 | What galls the most is not having him on the subs bench . |
| 6 | Carol distracted the whitecoated male assistant , exercising commendable control by not kneeing him in the nuts as she no doubt would have liked to . |
| 7 | That is , when they 're not watching themselves in the mirrors , making sure that they are still up to the mark . |
| 8 | ‘ We should be encouraging more shoppers into the town not luring them to the edges . ’ |
| 9 | That night , as often when she put Josh to bed , Clare held the most precious thing in her world close to her heart and felt guilty and ashamed that she was n't providing him with the things she thought she should . |