Example sentences of "[not/n't] [v-ing] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'll be very disappointed if I 'm not competing for a place in the first one-day international on January 16 . |
| 2 | I am not suggesting for a moment that this kind of problem can be resolved merely by putting more resources in , but at the same time there is need to spend more money , perhaps . |
| 3 | I 'm not suggesting for a moment it does n't cross my mind nor has Mr suggested that there has been any er deliberate failures to disclose something which was thought was , which you 've got and was thought relevant , but it , things do turn out to be potentially relevant in the course of the court appearance |
| 4 | I 'm not suggesting for a moment that university people are n't as integrated as anyone else . |
| 5 | If you 've got no choice but to get out and walk then you are gon na have to do that , and that 's all very well being a day like today , where it 's not pouring down with rain er , you 're not walking in a pitch black area , but if you do suddenly change that and you put it into those sort of , well that sort of scenario you 'll find it 's very , very , frightening . |
| 6 | The night is black and there are no streetlights , and I feel as though I am not driving on a road at all , but forcing my way through clotted bushes . |
| 7 | If the applicant is not applying for a grant there is no obligation to consult . |
| 8 | ‘ Not applying for a job with Hallmark cards , then , ’ I muttered to myself , sipping at my coffee . |
| 9 | Yo , you 're not applying for a job you are applying to erm go to Australia |
| 10 | in a family , you 're not applying for a job in a family , you 're applying work in a children in a group . |
| 11 | Rockfall has been responsible for many of the accidents in the range this year , despite the predictable statement from the Chamonix Guides that most were due to incompetence — an inevitable trait of those not climbing with a guide ! |
| 12 | One felt that men had become brutalised by the preoccupation of not leaving their company and also not delaying in a place where death was raining down . |
| 13 | Stephen 's problem , in short , was that he was not living as a son but as a slave in bondage to fear . |
| 14 | ‘ I am not living in a bed of roses but in reality . ’ |
| 15 | After all , the exporters are not living in a vacuum : they rely on domestic producers for many of their materials , power , transport , and other services . |
| 16 | I belatedly realized I was not looking at a reproduction . |
| 17 | ‘ I am not looking for a ghost . |
| 18 | So I 'm not looking for a response to what he says at this stage . |
| 19 | ‘ We 're not looking for a conflict . |
| 20 | ‘ We are not looking for a leader , ’ Douglas Wilson from Burton said . |
| 21 | And the chairman added : ‘ While we will have to strengthen the squad to compete at the higher level , we are certainly not looking for a lot of new players . |
| 22 | Staff at Watford Gap say they 're not looking for a place in the annals of high cuisine , just to continue making their customers a nice cup of tea in the morning or a nice cup of tea with their tea . |
| 23 | He told himself he was not looking for a lover , but simply the opportunity to tell Resenence about the dream . |
| 24 | not well enough to do that , so I 'm not looking for a job yet , she said your nerves are all |
| 25 | You 're not listening to a word we 're saying , you 've done sponge , that 's good , now what else float ? |
| 26 | It 's easy to forget that you are not listening to a mate in a pub telling her latest , raucous , embellished anecdotes . |
| 27 | Tolkien was not writing to a thesis . |
| 28 | ‘ I 've never seen you before in my life , ’ I said , not believing for a minute that honesty was going to be the best policy . |
| 29 | Private cars are not permitted to use the access road and indeed can not cross via the pedestrian ferry , but in summer months a minibus takes visitors from the ferry to the lighthouse , a service not operating to a timetable and needing to be confirmed by advance enquiry . |
| 30 | Two , probability is not operating as a factor . |