Example sentences of "[adv] not [v-ing] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She held the bag between them , suddenly not daring to put it down in case it signalled something , the consequences of which she might regret . |
| 2 | DEC says COSE is apparently not going to require participating companies to adopt its whole technology package , running the risk of watering down its whole purpose . |
| 3 | DEC says that COSE is apparently not going to require participating companies to adopt its whole technology package , even though that would run the risk of watering down its whole purpose . |
| 4 | So this drug makes you very dry , also makes you drowsy , the idea being that you 're basically not going to worry about what 's happening to you . |
| 5 | Betty turned the radio on , perhaps not wishing to listen to any further descriptions of Beuno 's character . |
| 6 | Three-legged , it wagged its tail but did not follow them , perhaps not wishing to intrude . |
| 7 | I think if the committee did that then we 'd be back to what five or six years ago , when a whole afternoon was spent on that and I would n't commend that to you , but can we perhaps have a word with the officers at a later stage , take it on board what both Graham and Anne have been saying , and obviously not trying to do that in a meeting like this but try to prepare for it a month before-hand . |
| 8 | ‘ They 're obviously not going to let just anyone go burrowing through their Registry willy-nilly . |
| 9 | Theda took Hector to the kitchen and left him with Mrs Elswick to do what he might in the way of cajolery , for she had several morsels of interest to his ever ready stomach , and Theda was obviously not going to take him outside . |
| 10 | I mean this , this product , if people have got the health to buy it , because we 're obviously not going to take on people that are in poor health , they can afford it , because obviously as they get older , the risk is greater and it becomes more expensive , it sells itself , it really does , it 's a brilliant product . |
| 11 | When it was some ten metres away and was obviously not going to stop at the shelter , Adam stepped right into its path . |
| 12 | Mrs. Fairfax , looking elegant and unruffled , and obviously not going to cook a thing , was greeting her daughter 's guests . |
| 13 | You 're obviously not going to get it , are you , it 's another vowel change . |
| 14 | He seemed intent on what James was saying , and was obviously not going to rise to her remark . |
| 15 | Product plans from 18 months ago called for first Alaska shipments this quarter , a date HaL is obviously not going to make . |
| 16 | Product plans from 18 months ago called for first Alaska shipments this quarter , a date HaL is obviously not going to make . |
| 17 | It 's only not going to stay , she 's coming back . |
| 18 | Charles the Bald was presumably not seeking to stir up trouble in Corbie . |
| 19 | Yeah so I mean with , with younger people it 's , although th they 're still not , it 's still not going to be easy-easy er like with the older people , there 's still the , the disturbance element that in years to come they are not going to have this to fall back on because by the time that they retire it 's just not going to exist . |
| 20 | But I 'm just not going to take the risk . ’ |
| 21 | Because that 's just not going to happen . |
| 22 | It 's just not going to work . ’ |
| 23 | We had a big management shakeup in BHS when I could see that certain people were just not going to change their spots . |
| 24 | And it may have still seemed a lot of money at I think one thousand seven hundred and fifty pounds , I ca n't comment or not not having seen the size of the estate , but it compares quite well with the five thousand one hundred and sixty sixty pound Five hu Five thousand seven hundred and sixteen pounds that the Midland bank charge on the particular estate . |
| 25 | For myself , on those occasions that Gillian embellished my dance-card , I reined myself in , generously not seeking to provoke dismaying comparison . |
| 26 | by half past seven , and I 'm already not going to make it . |
| 27 | I presume you will take on this responsibility , Trumper ? ’ he added , still not bothering to look in Charlie 's direction . |
| 28 | No torture devised by William of Ypres could be worse than this , she decided , still not daring to raise her head . |
| 29 | In an instant , she was beside him , standing close but still not venturing to touch him . |
| 30 | I was enjoying running but was still not going to put in the time necessary to break into the top rank . |