Example sentences of "[be] [v-ing] not to " in BNC.
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| 1 | In requesting , A must ( a ) want B to come now , ( b ) think it possible that B can come , ( c ) think B is not already there , ( d ) think B was not about to come anyway , ( e ) expect that B will respond with an acceptance or rejection , and if B accepts , then A will also expect B to come , ( f ) think that his ( A 's ) asking may be a possible motive for B to come , ( g ) not be , or be pretending not to be , in a position to order B to come 4 . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'm beginning not to be surprised . ’ |
| 3 | I 'm trying not to be unkind but I doubt whether he has the requirements for international football and I would n't be surprised if he 's missing from next week 's squad . |
| 4 | Erm , clearly we are in a room full of people who have a more than marginal interest in the political process erm and that goes for your boundaries of Cambridge city councils er remit and clearly contains also to parliamentary methods erm I 'm trying not to be desperately partisan about this , I do n't expect anybody erm but a phrase has been used earlier this evening from another quarter about if it 's not broke do n't fix it , erm the boundary commission have looked at the boundaries of the Cambridge city constituency have found that it is up to ninety nine percent of the right and proper er number of electors . |
| 5 | I 'm trying not to really drink . |
| 6 | Since the termites are responding not to magnetism but to heat , they build accordingly . |
| 7 | A report by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development ( OECD ) in late July 1991 maintained that fears voiced at a Council of Europe conference on east-west migration in January 1991 of a massive influx of immigrants from eastern Europe [ see p. 37969 ] were proving not to be well-founded . |
| 8 | A lot of them were pretending not to , but somehow she was the centre of an invisible circle . |
| 9 | In the case of the Kurds we were referring not to the Gulf War but to the aid Western governments were ‘ forced ’ to send after the War by public pressure . |
| 10 | Kirkley , who will have his contract paid up , said : ‘ I am trying not to be bitter . |
| 11 | This is proving not to be the case , as feelings run increasingly high over what is evolving into a conflict of classes — between pro-hunting locals and what they feel is a wealthy Parisian clique . |
| 12 | Yes , it 's , it 's coming not to sub-contracting but just your ordinary purchasing . |
| 13 | However , the theme which deserves more attention is the basic argument of the article : the author is claiming not to be prejudiced and is attributing prejudice to those who oppose the National Front . |
| 14 | It 's trying not to be seen in fact . |
| 15 | But although Mansell has won the first four races this season , he 's trying not to be over-confident about making it five . |
| 16 | I do not know the latest medical prognosis of how long he will live , but perhaps he is hoping not to be around in 30 years ' time when the papers become available . |
| 17 | ‘ It 's a human tragedy , ’ says a full-time union official , Gordon Samson , a Timex sit-in veteran and another of the officials scheduled for a court appearance , but he is referring not to the sacked workers but to the recruits . |
| 18 | I was referring not to press reports , but to my conversation with the gentleman concerned . |
| 19 | I was hoping not to mention this , but since raised it , we 'll have to . |
| 20 | He was a brave little fellow and one could see that he was trying not to be scared by the Gorgon who towered above him . |
| 21 | So I was trying not to talk . |