Example sentences of "[not/n't] [v-ing] [to-vb] [art] [noun sg] " 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 | Or that girl with the Esquimau nose ? ) and not daring to spend the time she used to in study lest she be dangerously good , she now had hours and hours in which to brood and her old pains came back to life . |
| 3 | ‘ Am I on next ? ’ she mouthed silently , not daring to make a sound . |
| 4 | ‘ Not goin' to bite the half-crown , are you ? ’ |
| 5 | Because of his inexperience and the firing of the two previous directors , he asked to do it under another name , not wanting to take the rap for a flop . |
| 6 | So could Sophie , but , not wanting to cast a shadow on Joanna 's happiness , she spoke carefully . |
| 7 | Ricky Ross from Deacon Blue talks about not wanting to seduce the audience : ‘ I do n't like the idea of people throwing themselves over to our music … abandonment is a great idea but it worries me because it 's all so power-orientated . ’ |
| 8 | Not wanting to give the impression that Leo might confide in her , she left it at that . |
| 9 | It 's usually the parents not wanting to repeat a joke to the daughters |
| 10 | Luke 's voice was soft , in keeping with the peace of the night , and she responded just as softly , not wanting to disturb the magic of the moment . |
| 11 | I ca n't , ’ Isabel stammered , not wanting to leave the hall while Guy was there . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Terrified that it would try to escape or fly away , and not wanting to risk the Corporal 's anger , I pinned it to the ground by leaning a large stone against it . |
| 14 | He lay still , not wanting to break the spell , attempting to work out what was different . |
| 15 | But Labour councillors rebutted the Conservative group 's allegation by accusing them of not wanting to face the truth . |
| 16 | They may be dazed and talk as if delirious , incoherent , stupid , forgetful ; worse ( < ) for mental exertions and is averse to speaking or even having company present ; too tired to communicate and not wanting to make the effort . |
| 17 | ‘ 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | As regards international linkages , the DTB is not seeking to become a partner in the Globex system . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 574 , a judge 's decision to call a witness at a late stage of the trial was upheld because he was ‘ not seeking to supplement the prosecution . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ We are not looking to undercut the market . |
| 25 | I am not writing to discuss the subject of inflation although give a soap-box to stand on I could go on for ever . |
| 26 | On July 23 Bush signalled US willingness partially to relax the ban on Iraqi oil exports , saying that the USA was " not going to see the suffering of innocent women or children " . |
| 27 | It was against my will but I felt there was no use fighting it , because the social worker had many things against me , like my not going to see the baby , and my being in prison — there were many things against me . |
| 28 | For a moment , Sara argued with him , and then seeing he was not going to leave the room unless she went with him , unwillingly she followed him out . |
| 29 | ‘ I 'm not going to lose the baby ? ’ |
| 30 | J.B. You know it 's positive discrimination in that and boys will not be allowed in so they can have , you know , an enjoyable night , being girls but not with boys there to say , ‘ oh , yea , you 've got nice legs ’ and all this , so that salves my conscience a bit and I was n't very worried about it , but I wo n't have beauty demonstrations and things in the club 'cause I 'm not going to reinforce the image that boys already have of the girls . |