Example sentences of "[not/n't] [v-ing] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Silver Reed tell me the double knit ribber does have a yarn holder and this holds the yarns you are not using at the end of the needle bed , making changing by hand easier . |
| 2 | If the parent finds difficulty in not reacting to the child while in ‘ time out ’ on the chair , it may be better for the child to be placed in a safe separate room for the equivalent time . |
| 3 | It must be because I 'm not reacting to the socket like the receptionist would . |
| 4 | Mr Vass said his client had lashed out , in a fight outside a pub , not realising at the time that a bottle in his hand was broken . |
| 5 | Another variation is to impose on the seller the obligation to accept all orders placed in accordance with the buyer 's forecast , even though that forecast is not binding on the buyer . |
| 6 | ( h ) Presenting another 's cheque : Wille , above , even though the bank had no mandate to honour the cheque , and Chan Man-sin v R , above , where the cheques were not binding on the company . |
| 7 | The inspector 's report is not binding on the minister ; it is merely advisory . |
| 8 | To say this , of course , does not mean that the consent is not binding on the agent . |
| 9 | From the planet 's surface you might think there is an eastward force , but there is n't , and if you were not rotating with the planet then this would be obvious . |
| 10 | Ex-hacker Stephen Gold says he remains ‘ astounded at the arrogance ’ of the Law Commission for not drawing on the experience of others . |
| 11 | Many slimmers make this an excuse for not sticking to the diet , but I find it much easier being away from the kitchen and the kettle ! |
| 12 | When I went to what was in effect not merely the memorial of the fifty aft after fifty two years of the people , but of course really the funeral service of the pit and when I went to that here was the chance to dedicate that also , we did it actually at the Memorial Garden where all the pit people are buried and that is right you see , picking up out of the past not sticking in the past , and arranging it as you might say as in that banner to move on into the future . |
| 13 | and I thought he can put that on something so that 's not resting on the floor as well , cos that 's where the wet 's on the |
| 14 | But she was not resting in the hollow , she was floating in it . |
| 15 | You 're not hanging round the hall . |
| 16 | The retention may also be used as a means of securing a vendor 's future obligations under the sale agreement or ancillary document such as not competing with the business or continuing to provide stocks and materials to the business . |
| 17 | Noticing that her hands are shaking and knowing that he has noticed she forces herself to act cool , not daring for the moment to analyse her disquiet lest she is incapable of handling the reason . |
| 18 | The outcome is a tie ( not depending on the order of voting ) . |
| 19 | Well you can start by not depending on the structure er er the structure of which Susan 's speaking |
| 20 | These are hard persistent offenders who are not benefitting from the treatment they 're getting from social workers . |
| 21 | Prudent people can avoid the snares of the Football Act by not walking on the pitch . |
| 22 | After his baptism , however , he moves suddenly towards the centre of the stage , not shrinking from the limelight , not shrinking from addressing large crowds , not shrinking from becoming the focus of public interest . |
| 23 | Lord Fraser was pressed by MPs with examples of rises in contributions that people would have to pay towards legal aid and said : ‘ I am not shrinking from the fact that there will be increases in the contribution for some people . ’ |
| 24 | I ca n't see you 'll have to pick it up and show me I 'm not climbing over the chair to look show me . |
| 25 | The new factory nearby is not keeping to the noise levels originally agreed , and heavy traffic continues to and from it late into the night . |
| 26 | You may need to remind the Chair of the length of the agenda or the point at issue if a speaker is not keeping to the matter at issue . |
| 27 | As a result he was reprimanded by Henry Ireton [ q.v. ] for airing his views unnecessarily and not keeping to the point . |
| 28 | You 're not opening into the file are you ? |
| 29 | The future is not interfering with the past ; instead , it is fulfilling its obligations , as it were , by bringing about events that have already been reported . |
| 30 | This report accepted that unemployment had risen within the LDDC from about 3,500 in 1981 to about 5,000 in 1986 ; that approximately eighty companies had been relocated out of the area through compulsory purchases implemented by the LDDC ; and that many locals were not gaining from the corporation 's activities . |