Example sentences of "[not/n't] [v-ing] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not scaremongering to raise these spectres . |
| 2 | Maltote looked away , not daring to confront this dour but very important royal clerk . |
| 3 | Not wanting to take any risks , they brought forward the dates for the 1992 tournament to September . |
| 4 | I rang Tony and said , ‘ You really ca n't be serious about not wanting to record this song . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I … er … ca n't , ’ said Endill , not wanting to waste any time . |
| 6 | Apart from not wanting to spend most of his time in America , Crawford felt that making so many episodes would sound the death-knell for Frank . |
| 7 | Rob and Heather had just joined them then , and presumably Luke had felt that he had good reason for not wanting to prolong any conversation about Elise . |
| 8 | ‘ Not wanting to attract any more attention than necessary in an as yet unannounced vehicle , he accelerated to gain some distance . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Peter rang me yesterday , ’ Sarella went on , not wanting to encourage that look . |
| 10 | Ruth shook her head , not wanting to believe that . |
| 11 | ‘ You get the picture , ’ he said , not wanting to play any more . |
| 12 | What troubled Bumer was that Hollywood was ‘ not seeking to establish any definite set of values ’ . |
| 13 | Is he not seeking to impose another burden on our people ? |
| 14 | Fuji Xerox Co Ltd plans to increase imports of parts to take advantage of the high yen in order to cut domestic production costs , Reuter reports from Tokyo : in the long term , it plans to raise the ratio to 30% from just a few per cent but the company is not rushing to achieve this as its export ratio of total products is low at around 20% and the high value of the yen is not severely damaging business . |
| 15 | You 're not going to see this one at your local Bijou nor are you likely to pick it up at the corner video store . |
| 16 | You 're not going to see this one at your local Bijou nor are you likely to pick it up at the corner video store . |
| 17 | I 'm not going to go all the way back through grades two and three . |
| 18 | Crashing pilots always tried to ensure that their aircraft was not going to hit any people or buildings , ‘ but quite often they leave it too late and die . ’ |
| 19 | They get advice from the officers of the Local Education Authority , so there 's a number of people who are running things , if you like to put it that way , and they have to have good relationships erm and I must say that erm I have n't seen anything obstructive , particularly on our Board of Governors , from local Councillors and we 've had nothing but help from Local Education Authority officers , and I 'm glad we 're not going to lose that help . |
| 20 | Now , if you 're not going to order another drink quietly then I think it would be best if you went on your way . ’ |
| 21 | That 's not going to serve any purpose whatsoever |
| 22 | I 'm static the only trouble is with our front is that because we 're getting old we ca n't manage , we 're not going to plan each garden , so it might be easier to have a , a big lawn and then |
| 23 | I 'm not going to cook any more , I 'm going to dry rye biscuit now and lettuce |
| 24 | And she had opened my locked drawer where I keep my private papers , but I 'm not going to mention that . |
| 25 | I 'm not going to mention any names and all . |
| 26 | ‘ I 'm not going to say that , ’ said Camille . |
| 27 | It 's sales driven , O K , we 're not going to say that nobody else is important , we need all the other members of the , the company , but it is sales driven , O K , it 's what it 's made of . |
| 28 | its the urgh I should turn it off now because I 'm not going to say any thing |
| 29 | I 'm certainly not going to say another word about it . |
| 30 | Jane , because she was a mistress , rarely had an opportunity to attend the more elegant events of society , and she was not going to miss this chance of being seen at a duchess 's ball . |