Example sentences of "not [v-ing] [verb] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Washington had first seen the attractions of open land when working as a surveyor along a line running north-west to the Ohio valley and Lake Erie , and he could reckon that his survey was not going to remain as a simple tribute to the government 's desire for information . |
| 2 | Obviously I do n't want a wife of Peter 's around the place if she 's not going to behave in a civil manner to me . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ We are not going to do without a great car economy , ’ declared Margaret Thatcher in March 1990 in the course of dismissing ‘ airy-fairy ’ green ideas about a return to village life . |
| 4 | Even if you are not going to apply for a Legal Aid franchise , membership of the panel will be important for anyone putting themselves forward as a personal injury specialist ( see Appendix 2A for the Personal Injury Panel criteria ) . |
| 5 | If the candidate replies that she/he helped run a youth club in the town where she/he lived before you can be reasonably sure that a large number of young people is not going to come as a strange new experience . |
| 6 | I am not going to bother with a certain group . |
| 7 | I tell you I 'm not going to look like a bloody scruff at work . |