Example sentences of "not [v-ing] [verb] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Graham and Laidlaw remained motionless , not daring to look at each other . |
| 2 | Bob slipped a peppermint into his mouth , not daring to look at either of them until Dyson had found words to speak . |
| 3 | They had sat there hating one another , quarrelling in bitter voices , not wanting to look at one another . |
| 4 | ‘ Everybody 's saying that black comedy is the next big thing , because it 's something strong and different — but unless we do something ourselves , it 's not going to happen at all . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ So you see , ’ he wound up after an interminable pause in which the flames seemed to swirl between them , ‘ it 's not going to work at all . |
| 6 | Only in keeping with the bumper sticker , the driver is n't heading to work at all . |
| 7 | In fact I wish I was n't getting married at all . ’ |