Example sentences of "not [v-ing] [adv] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Radulfus maintained his judicial calm , and the earl 's broad brow was suave and benign , though there was no guessing what went on in the highly intelligent mind behind it ; but Prior Robert and Sub-Prior Herluin sat very erect , stiff in the spine and with long , refined faces sharpened into steel , studiously not looking straight at each other , but maintaining each a bright gaze on distance , and the appearance of considering with magisterial detachment the situation that confronted them . |
| 2 | Simultaneously , in Fangorn Forest , Gandalf , Saruman and Treebeard himself are wandering , meeting or not meeting seemingly at random . |
| 3 | Among his worst crimes are not being married , not turning up at milking times and stealing food . ’ |
| 4 | She was not going out at all and was communicating very little with her immediate family . |
| 5 | If Talkin Loud has been criticised in the past for not saying much at all , then the fact that storming releases in 1992 from the Young Disciples and Tammy Payne have taken months to see record shop racks has n't helped . |
| 6 | And he added : ‘ We do n't want him at the club and if I have anything to do with it , he 's not coming back at all . ’ |
| 7 | At a separate news conference , Sugar was in equally confident mood , telling reporters : ‘ We do n't want him at the club and if I have anything to do with it , he 's not coming back at all . ’ |
| 8 | To cut the housing I had a tungsten carbide cutter ground to 90 degrees inclusive , because as purchased it was not cutting exactly at 45 degrees . |
| 9 | It 's not cutting out at all now ? |
| 10 | Since you are not connecting up at this stage , the rising main can be installed at a leisurely pace . |
| 11 | But , as we observe it , nature is not evolving completely at random . |
| 12 | One may well ask why , with such a generous offer , the chief executives of our generating companies are not queuing up at British Coal 's door . |
| 13 | The plan was not working out at all well . |