Example sentences of "[modal v] [not/n't] [be] [v-ing] about " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then , reverting to his chosen , statesmanlike stance , he added : ‘ Anyway , we should not be talking about it as if it 's just bread and circuses . |
| 2 | Little girls of ten should n't be thinking about dreary things like funerals . |
| 3 | If he had his way , and we signed up for the social chapter , those extra costs would have to be met out of those pay packets and there 'd be even less for people to take in wages so the honourable gentleman should n't be complaining about low pay when he wants to add to the costs of employment along with the rest of his party . |
| 4 | ‘ Still , ’ she went on , ‘ we should n't be talking about money . ’ |
| 5 | all well and good , but for twenty year , we should n't be talking about this , when I was in Ireland a couple of years ago the skew over overseer said he had to get rid of his television for the same reason , he er could n't turn it up |
| 6 | Perhaps I should start by telling you something I 'll not be talking about and that is the subject of financial resources and how Lynda 's getting on in her discussions with chief secretary , I do n't suppose that comes to you as any surprise but I shall I not be talking on that but let me say that we remain committed strongly to a substantial aid programme which as far as possible is directed towards the poorest countries . |
| 7 | However , by far the most common response from all parts of the country was ‘ they could relax and concentrate better at night as their minds would not be thinking about the jobs they should be doing ’ , . |
| 8 | They would n't be chatting about the weather and their verrucas . |
| 9 | There 's a proof because so if two people were contemplating the proof of the infinity of primes they would n't be going about it in different ways , erm , if they 're contemplating the proof , they 'd be contemplating exactly the same steps in the same order . |
| 10 | ‘ When you 're surfing big Waimea , you ca n't be thinking about anything — except for the moment . |
| 11 | Something that 's going to take your attention , because while you 're thinking about your hobby you ca n't be thinking about work . |
| 12 | So you go off to this evening class , while you 're doing that , you ca n't be thinking about the problems at work , because you 've got to concentrate otherwise you 're not going to get it done . |
| 13 | We bring many new titles into our library every month , so you wo n't be reading about the same programs every time you pick up your copy of Practical PC . |
| 14 | We bring many new titles into our library every month , so you wo n't be reading about the same programs every time you pick up your copy of Practical PC . |
| 15 | I certainly wo n't be talking about his bad side . |
| 16 | Whatever it might be for you , but something that you 're going to have to be thinking about , and while you 're thinking about that you can not be thinking about work . |
| 17 | ‘ But then I feel sure we can not be talking about the same woman , Mr McKillop . |