Example sentences of "[not/n't] [v-ing] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Sometimes the tears come for no reason ( by which phrase we mean that someone is not crying for a particular reason , for something or someone in particular , but that they are crying for everything ) . |
| 32 | We 're not dealing with a thousand items , we 're dealing with four hundred and fifty thousand items , and for anyone to go and collect that information on a larger scale , even sampling it would have been almost unthinkable . |
| 33 | We 're not dealing with a thousand items , we 're dealing with four hundred and fifty thousand items , and for anyone to go and collect that information on a larger scale even sampling it would have been almost unthinkable . |
| 34 | And horrified Superintendent Peter Edwards of British Transport Police , said : ‘ We are very fortunate we are not dealing with a major disaster . |
| 35 | Fellows seems to have acted in the sale of the Grand Union to the Grand Junction , for in a letter to the Grand Union he pointed out that the price would have to be realistic , bearing in mind that they were not dealing with a willing purchaser . |
| 36 | The authors present Lucy as an example of punctuation : rapidly becoming human and bipedal from the ape ancestor , then not changing for a million years . |
| 37 | At 22 , he has shrugged off his brat-pack contemporaries by simply not behaving like a typical ’ brat ’ . |
| 38 | I should be running up a flag to celebrate her going , not behaving like a weak boy myself . |
| 39 | We are not talking of a few fanatical terrorists , we are talking of a nine million-strong nation in the heart of the Balkans . |
| 40 | So your talking about a big space , your not talking about a small office . |
| 41 | The thing , two things that struck me about it , one of which is that we were not talking about a separate soundtrack , the actual existing soundtrack of the film is merged with the audio description |
| 42 | We 're not talking about a major business park for Greater York . |
| 43 | Now I 'm not talking about a loud , wild time or a side-splitting , back-slapping drunken knees-up . |
| 44 | You are not talking about a little state . |
| 45 | You 're not talking about a few thousand pounds but millions , millions I shall be borrowing from various banking concerns who are willing to lend that money on the strength of my reputation . |
| 46 | Even now Hillary is quietly garnering her own forces — and we are not talking about a social secretary and party faithful volunteers to answer the phones . |
| 47 | Miss Thomas is not relying upon a contractual obligation other than an obligation by the university to comply with its own domestic laws . |
| 48 | In the South , protestant loyalists are accused of subverting the wishes of the majority in the island by not consenting to a united Ireland . |
| 49 | It may very well be that I 'm not playing with a full deck . |
| 50 | In order not to obliterate its intuitive meaning , and yet satisfy ourselves that we are not falling into a subtle trap , we denote the constant polynomial ( a , 0,0 , … ) in J[x] once again by |
| 51 | If you 're simply replacing the old cistern — and not putting in a new system alongside the old you will be without water for some considerable time while the job is done . |
| 52 | As stressed earlier , I am not arguing for a revived regional geography per se , but rather for ‘ a regional perspective that informs all geographical activity ’ Johnston , 1990b , p. 135 ) . |
| 53 | As well as not functioning in a submersed situation , dying cells , releasing adverse substances will pollute the water . |
| 54 | If you are not leaving with a sour taste in your mouth , it may be viable for you to enter into an agreement with the company that you will continue to provide it with the benefit of your expertise , pursuant to a consultancy agreement . |
| 55 | But , except for a few dedicated monarchists , Central Europeans are not dreaming of a restored Habsburg dynasty . |
| 56 | She says she 's not banking on a short life for either of us . |
| 57 | She realized that she was n't walking in a straight line and was unsteady on her feet . |
| 58 | I hope ‘ my lord — Mr Smith ’ was n't listening through a secret panel ! ’ |
| 59 | I 'd promised myself then and there : I was n't going for a second appointment . |
| 60 | ‘ I do n't think you do , do you ? ’ said Quiggers , ‘ I think you think , as I do , that Old Mother Walsh was n't talking about a real snake . |