Example sentences of "[not/n't] [v-ing] for [art] [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 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 |
| 5 | I 'm not suggesting for a moment that university people are n't as integrated as anyone else . |
| 6 | If the applicant is not applying for a grant there is no obligation to consult . |
| 7 | ‘ Not applying for a job with Hallmark cards , then , ’ I muttered to myself , sipping at my coffee . |
| 8 | Yo , you 're not applying for a job you are applying to erm go to Australia |
| 9 | in a family , you 're not applying for a job in a family , you 're applying work in a children in a group . |
| 10 | ‘ I am not looking for a ghost . |
| 11 | So I 'm not looking for a response to what he says at this stage . |
| 12 | ‘ We 're not looking for a conflict . |
| 13 | ‘ We are not looking for a leader , ’ Douglas Wilson from Burton said . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | He told himself he was not looking for a lover , but simply the opportunity to tell Resenence about the dream . |
| 17 | not well enough to do that , so I 'm not looking for a job yet , she said your nerves are all |
| 18 | We were we were not looking for an exception to policy E two we were looking for a policy which complements erm I five . |
| 19 | No we 're not looking for an increase in our I five allocation . |
| 20 | ‘ 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 . |
| 21 | If he is found guilty , but was clearly not acting for the company , it would escape liability . |
| 22 | Nozick 's case rests on the view that so long as one is not acting for the reason that one 's action will favour one of the parties or hinder the other , but for a valid independent reason , then one 's neutrality is intact . |
| 23 | Understandably , despite such possible complexity , the purchaser will not be interested in the legal semantics of how the contracts are to be transferred but will be interested in two main practical concerns : firstly , in receiving the benefit of the contracts in return for performing the burden and secondly , in not paying for a contract if the purchaser can not benefit from it . |
| 24 | Well you 'd think they could because you are not paying for the service are you ? |
| 25 | Russia took 75 per cent ; Moldova and Ukraine would finance in full the troops on their territories and participate in financing joint forces through absolute contributions ; Tajikistan , Kirgizstan and Turkmenistan were not paying for the upkeep of troops on their territory . |
| 26 | When I started work I regretted not going for a degree , but promised myself not to miss out . |
| 27 | NOT going for a song |
| 28 | Not going for a song |
| 29 | Oh th no , no we 're not going for a meal this Friday . |
| 30 | Oh ’ — he looked into the basket — ‘ I 'm not going for a week ; I just wanted a sandwich or two . |