Example sentences of "was not [v-ing] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because she was not moving at all , she developed a weeping wound in her leg one day , and the circulation collapsed to the extent that she nearly had to have the leg amputated . |
| 2 | He was not digging at all now but taking a breather , evidently . |
| 3 | Harvard trainees , while waiting for dealing licences to be sent from the Department of Trade and Industry ( DTI ) , were given the job of establishing initial contact with persons whose names were Perfectly properly provided by Dun and Bradstreet , the American business information service , which was not dealing at all . |
| 4 | Mr Hollins 's voice was still kind , but he was not budging at all . |
| 5 | When five o'clock came and Jimmy began to tidy his desk , she was not thinking at all kindly about her employer . |
| 6 | Bob was not sweating at all . |
| 7 | Marguerite looked shocked , her eyes turning to Alain for some sort of confirmation , but Jenna was not waiting at all . |
| 8 | This raised the obvious question of why , if the money supply was expanding so rapidly ( it averaged 12 per cent p.a. 1981–87 ) , inflation was not running at 9 per cent or more . |
| 9 | So she was not feeling at all friendly to Naylor when , shortly after breakfast , they left Parkwood . |