Example sentences of "not [v-ing] [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 's not bringing me any supper . |
| 2 | He prayed to build on his aversion and include Ariel herself in his disgust ; it was not as difficult as before to force himself to keep his distance , because he was angry at the child 's existence , the visible emblem and consequence of their unlawful coupling , and he wanted to punish Ariel for not using her clever arts to prevent the baby coming . |
| 3 | out of that rear window all the time not using your rear view mirrors look once as well . |
| 4 | Your excessively early arrival means that you can check the aforesaid dogs are not using your beautiful flower arrangements as their loo , and also run through a technical check and the autocue before anyone else gets there . |
| 5 | In addition , it is feared that methods of collecting the community charge by establishing a register of all residents over the age of 18 may result in those who can not afford the tax not completing their electoral registration forms , as this may alert the authorities to their liability for the community charge ( or Poll Tax as it has become known ) . |
| 6 | But it 's not touching what that citizen really feels , and so is unlikely to change him . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm not touching your repulsive prick . |
| 8 | A fair deal for youth is what is advocated , informed by a recognition of the ease with which boisterous youthful energy can make itself objectionable and even dangerous to others , linked to the necessity of not allowing its troublesome character to dull the awareness of the natural and even positive qualities of youthful misconduct . |
| 9 | Elean : A theme that recurs in your Soweto Stories is the theme of keeping the families together , not allowing their innate sense of solidarity with each other to be smashed and replaced by rampant individualism — on the other hand you show very sharply the negative side in this tradition , for example how it impacts on women . |
| 10 | he comes home at , at nine o'clock and he , he does n't have a thing to eat and he goes out playing squash , then he 's not eating his main meal till eleven o'clock at night . |
| 11 | Premier Brands of Liverpool for the cash to hire the cab ; Frank Brown and the pupils of Musselburgh Grammar School for their hard work and donations ; staff and pupils at Prenton High School , Moreton near Liverpool for their donations ; Sean 's wife Angie for not producing their second child until Sean arrived home ; Susan , my long suffering wife , who never batted an eyelid as this project unfolded and gave me lots of encouragement . |
| 12 | Not doubting your own sanity or believing that the problems are all your fault . |
| 13 | McHale hinted that he may make as many as four changes for the trip , but was not revealing anything last night . |
| 14 | He reckoned the boy had doubled the price for his ice cream because he was up at the smart end of town , not plying his usual pitch at the bottom of the Acropolis . |
| 15 | Labour 's Alan Milburn has accused Tory Michael Fallon of not understanding his own department 's figures . |
| 16 | make sure it 's done so that you 're not prejudicing your industrial tribunal case by saying that you 'll accept the ex gratia payment but you also reserve the right to take legal advice about the termination of your employment . |
| 17 | I am not denying its great importance , as a means of evaluating evidence , developing critical arguments , and organising ideas in rational form . |
| 18 | Derek Douane was being cooed over by a pair of predatory women in their fifties , not minding their tanned fingers in his hair , on his face or twanging his braces . |
| 19 | working away not minding my own business |
| 20 | In embarking on this section of my reminiscences , I need to stress once more that I am not writing my own memoirs . |
| 21 | So if it 's not causing me any symptoms I should ? |
| 22 | The sun had pierced through the mist , and they were not believing their good luck at being alive , and being cared for by the beautiful colleens . |
| 23 | Christie demanded , not believing his own eyes . |
| 24 | … a generation of writers the best of whom have taken the British novel off into a variety of experimental directions … which have challenged and reconstituted the mimetic constituents of fiction while not dismissing its realistic sources . |
| 25 | I got him every time , until the end and I said I am not serving him this time ! |
| 26 | Then he said ‘ Be humble enough to fit into God 's plan , not serving your own ego , nor the interests of any group ; and keep healthy ! ’ |
| 27 | NORTH Buckinghamshire , easy winners of the English Counties League 's Division Six , have been stripped of their title as punishment for not paying their All England Netball Association affiliation fees on time . |
| 28 | ‘ I 'm not fetching you any tobacco , ’ Whitlock cut in quickly . |
| 29 | This ensured that all participants , when not presenting their own version , had before them the narratives of each of the other groups . |
| 30 | If a firm was not maximising its future cash flows , and hence its value , an opportunity opened up for a bid . |