Example sentences of "[not/n't] [v-ing] it [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I though oh bugger it I 'm not bringing it any more it 's getting too big . |
| 2 | ‘ They 're not using it any more so they 've said I can use it for canteen stuff . |
| 3 | She wondered whether Bryony was offended ; perhaps she thought Carolyn was criticizing them for not keeping it cleaner . |
| 4 | The attacking troops are certainly not getting it all their own way and the shelling from both sides is causing casualties in the Commando positions . ’ |
| 5 | You need flexibility to change tack if you are not getting it right . |
| 6 | Mind you , given the A2 's remarkable programming capability there really would n't be much of an excuse for not getting it right . |
| 7 | We may have been bombarded by our parents with many messages like ‘ You must try harder ’ and ‘ You 're not getting it right . ’ |
| 8 | Not getting it right first time . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'm tired of reading and hearing about bands who do nothing but slag off their first record , and blame the producer for not getting it right . |
| 10 | They 're not getting it right , and there are really no longer any excuses . ’ |
| 11 | With the older boys there are times when leave them alone is the very best policy , you can intrude too much on a pupil who knows what he 's doing ; maybe not doing it 100 per cent successfully , but you 've got to let him get to that point of destruct , as part of his learning process … |
| 12 | but I 'm not doing it that way , cos you have to join it at the back |
| 13 | You 're not doing it all are you ? |
| 14 | We must n't he 's got really , really if it 's not done well it 's a it 's worse than not doing it all . |
| 15 | and you sort of say , do you think it would be useful if we talked about reception because that 's something y you 're not doing quite as frequently but it 's obviously , it must be difficult for you to fit in to that because you 're not doing it all the time . |
| 16 | I 'm not doing it next year , I said that . |
| 17 | And I 'm not working next year anyway cos I 've done it for two years on the run and I 'm not doing it next year . |
| 18 | It 's just something you 're not doing it deliberate . |
| 19 | There Oh that 's why we 're not doing it any more , so what do we have to do instead of having to do an essay ? |
| 20 | County arbitrarily said , we 're not doing it any more , that 's to save money and the thing fell upon the district councils . |
| 21 | so , then I told him that I 'm not doing it any more . |
| 22 | ‘ I 'm so bloody glad we 're not doing it this time , ’ he said . |
| 23 | With the possible exception of Mrs Major , who has to struggle not to look cheerful at the mention of leaving 10 Downing Street , and Sir Denis Thatcher ( ’ I 'm so bloody glad we 're not doing it this time ’ ) , every good political consort must learn how to be a good loser . |
| 24 | But , if this was the answer , Rafiq was not giving it all away at once . |
| 25 | Mrs Ozal is not having it all her own way . |
| 26 | Not having it all |
| 27 | about moving , I chest some things , she wo n't be there , I 'm not taking it all up there . |
| 28 | Many of them she admired , particularly the older students , and was astounded to find they were studying the Bible and not finding it boring . |
| 29 | They are not finding it easy . |
| 30 | I 'm divorced now and not finding it easy to get a job in civvy street . ’ |