Example sentences of "[not/n't] [v-ing] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oliver wondered why Angelina was not clamouring for a new vote in order to support her fiancé and decided that this was some further infamous plan on her part . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'll be very disappointed if I 'm not competing for a place in the first one-day international on January 16 . |
| 3 | Some undertake this role at a working level by assisting and challenging the business units when they submit their plans ; for example , by questioning why the business units are not competing in a certain way or as much as they should . |
| 4 | I am not suggesting for a moment that this kind of problem can be resolved merely by putting more resources in , but at the same time there is need to spend more money , perhaps . |
| 5 | I 'm not suggesting for a moment it does n't cross my mind nor has Mr suggested that there has been any er deliberate failures to disclose something which was thought was , which you 've got and was thought relevant , but it , things do turn out to be potentially relevant in the course of the court appearance |
| 6 | I 'm not suggesting for a moment that university people are n't as integrated as anyone else . |
| 7 | If you 've got no choice but to get out and walk then you are gon na have to do that , and that 's all very well being a day like today , where it 's not pouring down with rain er , you 're not walking in a pitch black area , but if you do suddenly change that and you put it into those sort of , well that sort of scenario you 'll find it 's very , very , frightening . |
| 8 | The night is black and there are no streetlights , and I feel as though I am not driving on a road at all , but forcing my way through clotted bushes . |
| 9 | The Republic 's Foreign Minister Dick Spring yesterday insisted that Dublin was not pressing for a US envoy ‘ for the present ’ . |
| 10 | If the applicant is not applying for a grant there is no obligation to consult . |
| 11 | ‘ Not applying for a job with Hallmark cards , then , ’ I muttered to myself , sipping at my coffee . |
| 12 | Yo , you 're not applying for a job you are applying to erm go to Australia |
| 13 | in a family , you 're not applying for a job in a family , you 're applying work in a children in a group . |
| 14 | Rockfall has been responsible for many of the accidents in the range this year , despite the predictable statement from the Chamonix Guides that most were due to incompetence — an inevitable trait of those not climbing with a guide ! |
| 15 | One felt that men had become brutalised by the preoccupation of not leaving their company and also not delaying in a place where death was raining down . |
| 16 | As far as is known there are no side effects — a procedure can not alter any quantity not represented in the data structure and not appearing as a VAR parameter of the procedure . |
| 17 | Well we I would be more surprised that er er in fact I do n't think I 'm sure that it 's not happening on a on a on a er wide basis . |
| 18 | It did not appear to be caused by needle or pusher , because it was not happening in a regular line — just spasmodically . |
| 19 | Stephen 's problem , in short , was that he was not living as a son but as a slave in bondage to fear . |
| 20 | After all , the exporters are not living in a vacuum : they rely on domestic producers for many of their materials , power , transport , and other services . |
| 21 | ‘ I am not living in a bed of roses but in reality . ’ |
| 22 | No , we 're not looking at a new wonder drug , you know , the type that you swallow with a glass of water . |
| 23 | I belatedly realized I was not looking at a reproduction . |
| 24 | ‘ We are not looking for a leader , ’ Douglas Wilson from Burton said . |
| 25 | You are not looking for a fast drop in weight . |
| 26 | ‘ We 're not looking for a conflict . |
| 27 | Second , most people who are in work are keeping their heads down and not looking for a new job , so there is less competition from those in work . |
| 28 | They are not looking for a tough fight but for a victim — someone who will cower or quake with fear like a doomed rabbit . |
| 29 | Like gangs , bullies are not looking for a stand-up fight , but for a victim ; the best way to beat them is to give more trouble than they can handle . |
| 30 | But the athletes are making an unprecedented demand for a slice of the lucrative financial action and Tom Jennings , the agent spearheading their case , countered : ‘ We are not looking for a militant takeover , just a share of the wealth . |