Example sentences of "n't [v-ing] [prep] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She realized that she was n't walking in a straight line and was unsteady on her feet . |
| 2 | He 'd then offered to come back with her , so that she was n't returning to an empty house alone , at which point — running out of soothing phrases and patience — she 'd told him that alone was exactly what she wanted to be . |
| 3 | I hope ‘ my lord — Mr Smith ’ was n't listening through a secret panel ! ’ |
| 4 | So I suppose whatever area you went into , erm you might find it a bit frustrating to start with , because you were n't looking at the big picture . |
| 5 | ‘ Ah shee-it , I ai n't going to no mad doctor and gettin' mah pecker all X-rayed . |
| 6 | Whether or not , as Heath reported , the Vietnamese were turning increasingly to the US for advice and assistance in a situation where the Governor of Annam was n't speaking to the Prime Minister — who was being kept on . |
| 7 | The child was n't wilting in an alien environment . |
| 8 | I think this is a deal that could have been done ; we just were n't getting to the finishing line quickly enough . |
| 9 | Clint Eastwood ‘ When a naked man is chasing a woman through an alley with a butcher 's knife and a hard-on , I figure he is n't collecting for the Red Cross , ’ Dirty Harry |
| 10 | Well it was to be helpful to the er to Mr and Scotton Parish Council that what what I was saying was , we were n't relying on the key diagram to justify at some future date , it being an outer northern relief road , that decision would have to be defended at future enquiry . |
| 11 | ‘ I do n't think you do , do you ? ’ said Quiggers , ‘ I think you think , as I do , that Old Mother Walsh was n't talking about a real snake . |
| 12 | And if he was n't talking about the after life , he was talking about birds . ’ |
| 13 | As soon as it arrived , one of the staff thought there was something unusual about it , and he was n't referring to the missing wing . |
| 14 | Check , though , that she is n't sleeping in an awkward position , which may sometimes cause the problem . |
| 15 | We were n't working on the hard drive . |