Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] [adv] [v-ing] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it did not rule out taking milk from Milk Marque , the proposed replacement for the English and Welsh Milk Marketing Board , or from other co-operatives . |
| 2 | But Benny had not grown up expecting life to be totally perfect . |
| 3 | The reason was not to give longer playing time , but to allow louder reproduction . |
| 4 | It did no more , said the Fund , because Russia did not rein back mounting inflation — and Western money might have piled up in bank balances abroad . |
| 5 | The Government has not ruled out putting warning labels on products such as aerosols and lighter fuel . |
| 6 | This need not mean drastically reducing food intake . |
| 7 | For the highest level jobs a whole country or even an international community might be considered , but in European countries most workers attempt to find jobs which do not require either moving house or excessive travelling , and such proximity has corresponding advantages for the potential employers . |
| 8 | I do n't like just doing research without communicating it , and I think if you 've got an interest and you can communicate it well to people , then it stimulates their enjoyment and of course in a time when there 's going to have to be more and more leisure I think that 's very important . |
| 9 | I 've always enjoyed teaching , it 's something which I feel is very important for somebody who 's a historian , I do n't like just doing research without communicating . |
| 10 | Ask the person whether they already eat enough fibre and encourage them to eat more if necessary — and this does n't mean just putting bran on cereal at breakfast . |
| 11 | You ca n't go round splashing paint on the walls , things like that really . |
| 12 | Though I hope we do n't go on having family Christmases . |
| 13 | Cal did n't turn round from the front seat , but Mrs Fry said , ‘ We could n't go on playing Scrabble in the rain when we knew you 'd gone off like that , and your parents sounded so dreadful on the phone . |
| 14 | I remember that there was terrible screaming and that blows were delivered , but for the life of me I ca n't recall ever making sense of the basic problem . |