Example sentences of "not [v-ing] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Silver Reed tell me the double knit ribber does have a yarn holder and this holds the yarns you are not using at the end of the needle bed , making changing by hand easier . |
| 2 | Mr Vass said his client had lashed out , in a fight outside a pub , not realising at the time that a bottle in his hand was broken . |
| 3 | Paige did as she was told , not looking at the distance to the ground . |
| 4 | You 're doing it wrong if you 're not looking at the person that you 're trying to persuade . |
| 5 | When you study a play as part of an English Literature course , you 're not looking at the staging of it ; you 're not looking at how it works when it stands up . |
| 6 | He ran quickly to the car , not looking at the sign again . |
| 7 | One can therefore presume that he was not looking at the landscape as scenery but as habitat . |
| 8 | So you 're not looking at the answer . |
| 9 | I think I must be not looking at the list or not reading half the stuff . |
| 10 | You 're not looking at the stream , you 're looking at the bloody quality and you ca n't stop yourself doing it . ’ |
| 11 | The next three days were spent not looking at the buildings and architecture of gay Paree but for a mythical Adidas Centre which one of my mates overheard someone talking about in hushed tones in a Liverpool snug . |
| 12 | JOHN KING steered Tranmere to a new high on Saturday but revealed ‘ I 'm still not looking at the league table . ’ |
| 13 | Not looking at the cows , but keeping her eyes fixed straight ahead , she pushed her bike past them and then on to the footpath . |
| 14 | When we have achieved that , then you will be able to play , not looking at the page all the time , but hearing the woodwinds , which have the melody at this point . ’ |
| 15 | Dexter was sure the TV reporter 's motive for leaving the room was more to check the nanny was not listening at the keyhole than a raging thirst . |
| 16 | He he 's not listening at the moment . |
| 17 | No , I 'm not listening at the moment . |
| 18 | But manager Jim Nelson is certainly not trembling at the knees . |
| 19 | In a statement tonight , the Hunt said the hounds were not hunting at the time of incident and were not out of control . |
| 20 | There was also an admission that the demand for water is not growing at the rate Thames Water had earlier predicted . |
| 21 | It was addressed to the retired rector of Alderly , admonishing him for past ingratitudes — for not returning a book , for not calling at the Grange when he knew the Springetts to be there . |
| 22 | There were no regulations to prevent people from walking up the Balmoral side of the mountain when the Queen was not staying at the castle , and Richard had chosen a long ascent from the Balmoral side for the sake of privacy . |
| 23 | ‘ She is not staying at the house then ? ’ |
| 24 | I 'm not getting at the park officials because I feel sure that they do their utmost to keep Henry VIII 's ancient hunting ground healthy and litter-free . |
| 25 | Belfast proved worthy opponents , attacking tenaciously and not giving at the back . |
| 26 | ‘ It 's not running at the moment , ’ Wilcox said , with a pitying look . |
| 27 | She did not regularly use tampons and was not menstruating at the time of admission . |
| 28 | I regarded it as a very happy accident that I went to U.C.L. to study English , not knowing at the time that I was going to a Department and to a College distinguished for English language studies . |
| 29 | ‘ WHEN YOU do comedy you 're not sitting at the grown-ups ’ table , you 're sitting at the children 's table . ’ |
| 30 | he not sitting at the front |