Example sentences of "[not/n't] [v-ing] [to-vb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They sat in the cold front room , not daring to light a fire in the strange house . |
| 2 | ‘ Am I on next ? ’ she mouthed silently , not daring to make a sound . |
| 3 | So could Sophie , but , not wanting to cast a shadow on Joanna 's happiness , she spoke carefully . |
| 4 | It 's usually the parents not wanting to repeat a joke to the daughters |
| 5 | Instead , not wanting to risk a scene without more evidence of his suspicions , he went back to his car and drove back to the Club , stopping briefly at a couple of pubs on the way to see if Gwen was in either . |
| 6 | ‘ Of course , ’ I lied and cursed to myself for not remembering to put a pencil behind my ear like I normally do when I use the phone . |
| 7 | A new Cabinet of " national unity " had been named in advance of Gaviria 's inauguration , although he emphasised that he was not seeking to form a coalition government . |
| 8 | Il Moro 's skipper Paul Cayard sportingly left the Japanese boat unmolested , not seeking to engineer a protest , while Nippon 's crew struggled to make jury repairs . |
| 9 | As regards international linkages , the DTB is not seeking to become a partner in the Globex system . |
| 10 | The Mercury One-2-One Ltd digital cellular joint venture between Cable & Wireless Plc and US West Inc has been talking to Reuters , and says it is not seeking to trigger a price war with Cellnet Mobile Communications Ltd and Vodafone Group Plc . |
| 11 | Chairman , I think I should say in proposing the proposed Policy E two it should be stressed the County Council 's not seeking to introduce a policy of restraint and restriction on the development which attempts to mirror that already applying within any of the nationally designated areas . |
| 12 | Mrs. Fairfax , looking elegant and unruffled , and obviously not going to cook a thing , was greeting her daughter 's guests . |
| 13 | They are not going to say a thing that can help Portland in any way whatsoever . |
| 14 | Behaviour like that is not going to save a son or daughter . |
| 15 | ‘ I want to challenge and excite as much as I can but I 'm not going to create a work for the Scottish Ballet that is going to drive their audience away . ’ |
| 16 | He said : ‘ I 'm not going to create a situation , like the one I inherited , where a lot of name players are not performing . |
| 17 | No , I mean they 're they 're not going to take a truck running over them . |
| 18 | Montana said : ‘ Steve and the team are playing well so they are not going to take a chance of throwing me in unless they have to . ’ |
| 19 | The occasional smack meted out in a happy , secure home is not going to scar a child 's psyche . |
| 20 | It 's also made me more appreciative of books and in future , I 'm not going to judge a book by its cover . |
| 21 | Rohmer was not going to turn a gun on him again , and he was not going to allow this to happen . |
| 22 | There are certain associates , who 're not going to use a rate book , there 's associates who er , because you 're doing a two appointment sale , will always have time to come back to the office and get a computer quote and go back with the right answer . |
| 23 | Aye you 're , aye you 're not going to use a lot . |
| 24 | Robertson says : ‘ They know they 've issued something completely contrary to the actual situation , yet they 're not going to issue a correction . |
| 25 | Hi , I 'm not going to do a match report , even though I went to the game last night . |
| 26 | I 'm not going to do a match report either , I 'll leave that to someone who 's a bit more eloquent , and who 's got a better memory , I ca n't even seem to remember what happened 10 mins ago let alone 2 days . |
| 27 | I mean if they 're only giving three marks for it you 're not going to do a lot of geometry and all sorts of constructions and complicated things . |
| 28 | No , I mean , England have bowled much better at him and Tufnell 's for example is , is very difficult to get away because it is spinning a little bit and I 'm sure that they , the England bowlers must have said to themselves , we 're not going to bowl a lot of short balls at , at we must keep it full length , erm , and so part of this slow score is due to better England bowling . |
| 29 | No you 're not going to put a Christmas tree out . |
| 30 | I 'm not going to spend a week on the route |