Example sentences of "[not/n't] [v-ing] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " I 'm not seeing a girl , " Patrick insisted with a grin , his sister was as eager to see him married off as his mother was against the idea . |
| 2 | Like most of the nomes who had been born in the Store he hated looking up and not seeing a ceiling . |
| 3 | Isabel walked over to the window and stared out , not seeing a thing . |
| 4 | Perhaps it was also relief at not seeing a flood of overpriced Japanese owned art back on the market , or the sense that the cloud of economic recession might be lifting . |
| 5 | He made detailed admissions and at the end was asked whether not seeing a solicitor had made any difference , He said not , but would like to see a solicitor , and refused to sign the notes of interview until he had done so . |
| 6 | A survey by The Booksellers Association last year showed a take-up of only 32% — a significant lag behind other industries — with 24% not using a computer at all . |
| 7 | Not using a Teeger Or a Safari ? |
| 8 | In some cases this may even mean not using a page makeup package at all but rather a high-powered word processor like Lotus Manuscript , Word or WordPerfect 5.0 . |
| 9 | It states that not using a lawyer would save you money initially but that it could be a false economy , particularly if your case goes to the High Court , where your opponent will almost certainly have a solicitor and a barrister . |
| 10 | I catch his head on the tilt , and he rights it without shame , showing only a flicker of annoyance at not catching a snippet of a sight . |
| 11 | Or a bird surely has a right to fly , and keeping a bird captive in a small cage that prevents this is immoral in much the same way as is not allowing a person to express himself verbally … |
| 12 | Examples of reasons given by the Secretary of State for not allowing a property to be exempted include : |
| 13 | Right , so we only do it once we 've got the formal , so we 're not generating a research approval form for , unnecessarily ? |
| 14 | This would seem to demonstrate not only that studies in different areas or at different times have produced different results , but that a follow through of the cases prosecuted might have found , for example , that Blacks had a different ( possibly higher ) rate of ‘ not guilty ’ pleas , with acquittal rates which might have justified them in not accepting a caution . |
| 15 | The Helsinki session , while welcoming Bosnia-Hercegovina as a member [ see also below ] , decided to allow Yugoslavia to retain its seat , while stressing that thereby it was not accepting a solution of the succession to the former Yugoslavia . |
| 16 | Yet we blame the Germans for not defying a regime which would melt you into soap . |
| 17 | It was addressed to the retired rector of Alderly , admonishing him for past ingratitudes — for not returning a book , for not calling at the Grange when he knew the Springetts to be there . |
| 18 | But the cook was in fine form and they seemed to be thawing a bit when I left them chattering away in Greek with Denholm sitting among them and not understanding a word they were saying . |
| 19 | ‘ You are not becoming a Brownie tonight , ’ Mum reminded her for the hundredth time . |
| 20 | No no , there are natural , we always have a strong preference for something but we can actually develop them , just like management style we have a strong preference for , for one style but it is something that we can learn can get more and try and rationale sort of like theoretical we can try and rationalize what 's perhaps happening is that in situations when we 're not gaining a lot and it could be that it 's because it 's had a lot of activity and we can actually gain more from it we can rationalize it and analyze it . |
| 21 | You complain that your marriage is n't a partnership , yet when you are not tearing a strip off him ( as mothers tend to do to sons ) or winding him up ( as mates do ) you are treating him like a no-talent support act . |
| 22 | That is , if an unsuccessful firm attempts to send a false ‘ good ’ signal by announcing an increase in dividends , this increases the risk of insolvency even more than would be the case if the firm sent a true ‘ bad ’ signal by not announcing a dividend increase . |
| 23 | We 're , we 're not wanting a wage out of it or anything , you know |
| 24 | Perhaps he 'll be sitting at home in Brighton next month not remembering a thing about it , perhaps in a year or two Sony or Akai will be marketing a small black box the size of a cigarette packet that cuts and scratches at the touch of a button . |
| 25 | The number of men not working and not seeking a job has risen by almost half between 1971 and 1985 , from 9 per cent to 13 per cent . |
| 26 | At an extraordinary CITUB congress on Feb. 22 Petkov accused the UDF government of aggressive anti-trade unionism , but said that he was not seeking a clash with it . |
| 27 | This is not aiding a suicide , since the patient is not , I submit , committing suicide , but only declining further medical care . |
| 28 | There is a question as to whether public life , she 'd be treated differently erm and also whether in fact journalist by not being able to do things that other people can do if they 're not writing a newspaper . |
| 29 | Not writing a tune is easier than writing one . |
| 30 | ‘ Must you tease so ? ’ asked Joan , not believing a word of it . |