Example sentences of "not [v-ing] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not scaremongering to raise these spectres . |
| 2 | The audience were all staring at the stage — as though not daring to miss one moment . |
| 3 | I did n't look too closely at any of the bits and pieces lying around , squinting at them from the side of my eye , wanting and not wanting to see bloody meat or tattered clothing . |
| 4 | Not wanting to take any risks , they brought forward the dates for the 1992 tournament to September . |
| 5 | I rang Tony and said , ‘ You really ca n't be serious about not wanting to record this song . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I … er … ca n't , ’ said Endill , not wanting to waste any time . |
| 7 | Rob and Heather had just joined them then , and presumably Luke had felt that he had good reason for not wanting to prolong any conversation about Elise . |
| 8 | ‘ Peter rang me yesterday , ’ Sarella went on , not wanting to encourage that look . |
| 9 | Er we 're not seeking to control individual occupancy , that is not possible through the planning system . |
| 10 | The is partly due to the length of time such illumination takes — there Books of Hours were never conceived as ephemera — and partly because calligraphers today are not seeking to satisfy 15th century tastes . |
| 11 | We 're not seeking to impose artificial restraints of development , we do n't think the demand for a settlement is there . |
| 12 | Is he not seeking to impose another burden on our people ? |
| 13 | They 're not tending to play Bohemian Rhapsody on the er radio so much are they as er |
| 14 | ‘ I 'm not advocating using anabolic steroids or anything like that but I would question whether certain drugs should be banned . |
| 15 | I 'm not going to leave poor Joe alone . ’ |
| 16 | Crashing pilots always tried to ensure that their aircraft was not going to hit any people or buildings , ‘ but quite often they leave it too late and die . ’ |
| 17 | They get advice from the officers of the Local Education Authority , so there 's a number of people who are running things , if you like to put it that way , and they have to have good relationships erm and I must say that erm I have n't seen anything obstructive , particularly on our Board of Governors , from local Councillors and we 've had nothing but help from Local Education Authority officers , and I 'm glad we 're not going to lose that help . |
| 18 | Now , if you 're not going to order another drink quietly then I think it would be best if you went on your way . ’ |
| 19 | That 's not going to serve any purpose whatsoever |
| 20 | I 'm static the only trouble is with our front is that because we 're getting old we ca n't manage , we 're not going to plan each garden , so it might be easier to have a , a big lawn and then |
| 21 | But in most situations , when you 'd be asking a colleague on the same staff to work with you , you 'll need to find a way of working that is not going to cause massive disruption to the school timetable , that 's not going to demand that the headteacher come and cover one of your classes while you 're busy with your investigation into the disappearance of the crew of the Marie Celeste . |
| 22 | I 'm not going to mention any names and all . |
| 23 | its the urgh I should turn it off now because I 'm not going to say any thing |
| 24 | I 'm certainly not going to say another word about it . |
| 25 | Jane , because she was a mistress , rarely had an opportunity to attend the more elegant events of society , and she was not going to miss this chance of being seen at a duchess 's ball . |
| 26 | I 'm not going to need any flowers am I ? |
| 27 | Further research has failed to turn up a single firm IBM Corp mainframe deal for this quarter anywhere across Europe , and the disk business is not going to save any IBM bacon either : word in leasing circles is that users are so averse to buying new disks that prices of used 3380Ks have risen by some 25% . |
| 28 | Unfortunately that is not going to happen any time soon . |
| 29 | ‘ It 's a tragedy that all those millions of pounds of investment are not going to create many jobs . |
| 30 | Sir Norman said : ‘ I am not going take any criticism from Mr Lamont on that particular area . |