Example sentences of "[not/n't] [v-ing] for a [noun] " 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 | The Republic 's Foreign Minister Dick Spring yesterday insisted that Dublin was not pressing for a US envoy ‘ for the present ’ . |
| 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 | ‘ 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | When I started work I regretted not going for a degree , but promised myself not to miss out . |
| 21 | NOT going for a song |
| 22 | Not going for a song |
| 23 | Oh th no , no we 're not going for a meal this Friday . |
| 24 | Oh ’ — he looked into the basket — ‘ I 'm not going for a week ; I just wanted a sandwich or two . |
| 25 | But I was not going for a bus ride , I was looking for the gents . |
| 26 | It was a calm , simple interrogative , inviting but not pleading for a continuation . |
| 27 | She glanced at the other two and , not waiting for a reply , she went on , ‘ He 's so caring , he treats them as if they 're his personal friends … ’ |
| 28 | The big English processors and distributors are not waiting for a conclusion to position themselves to compete more effectively in the new free market , expected to be in place by 1994 . |
| 29 | Yet history records that the nation was not waiting for a programme of national reconstruction . |
| 30 | Strong and prescient words , yet Marsh was not calling for a halt to all human interference . |