Example sentences of "not [v-ing] about [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because A you 're not wasting the time , you 're not worrying about the post sort , you 're getting the stuff quicker , you 've got the thing logged in and logged out erm so to , to a great extent , I mean er we should be ab I personally think that we should actually s be trying s we should be expecting to see an advantage but let's just take that as as , as , as neutral so that you have n't got a er a worsening situation and you have n't taken adva taken advantage of any |
| 2 | The Ford behind had also disengaged itself , not caring about the shriek of metal . |
| 3 | Faye touched a hand to her abdomen , not caring about the smear of clear , odourless gel there , and the slight movement made the heartbeat disappear again . |
| 4 | Waiting for the spasm to pass , and now not caring about the bed : fuck it , he was sick . |
| 5 | Their faults seem so deeply ingrained , from quantitative measures and bogus statistics to valueless currencies and not caring about the environment . |
| 6 | ‘ They 'd find it for you fast enough , ’ he went on , either not noticing or not caring about the embarrassment of his host . |
| 7 | And no , I 'm not kidding about the name . |
| 8 | I hope that the Minister is not speaking about the date that must not be mentioned . |
| 9 | I 'm not carping about the way Marks handled the case ; an adult woman went missing in circumstances which seemed to offer a plausible explanation . |
| 10 | ‘ What happens when you think of all those months in the Store not knowing about the Outside ? ’ |
| 11 | But you 're not talking about every job are you ? |
| 12 | One is not talking about a lack of breadth in theologies and points of view within presbyterianism and the Church of Ireland . |
| 13 | the intellectual man , the intellectual , we 're talking about , we 're not talking about a man in body , we 're talking about intellect ? |
| 14 | At that time , I could have got that girl a bed straight away in a decent place — I am not talking about a mattress on a floor . |
| 15 | We are not talking about a selection test here . |
| 16 | When Sanchez did n't respond , Culley added , ‘ We 're not talking about a pay-off , here . |
| 17 | Oh you 're not talking about the ehm , you not , you not talking about the old club down , ehm . |
| 18 | And I said I 'm not talking about the council , I 'm talking about the N R A ! |
| 19 | committee and that on behalf of West Sussex as a whole , we should grasp that responsibility , make it clear and I 'm not talking about the emergency arrangements which we 're coping with quite adequately it seems to me erm but I 'm talking about the coordination and overview of all the er contributing factors erm so that we can demonstrate that there is ultimately one body who can take er a view of these matters er ensure that there are not grey areas in future and to er initiate er action wherever it may be dealt with necessary . |
| 20 | Q : Perhaps you are not talking about the pursuit of money , but the pursuit of power ? |
| 21 | ‘ Fergus , you 're not talking about the Domino Theory by any chance , are you ? ’ |
| 22 | I am not talking about the phrase , ’ federal vocation ’ . |
| 23 | I 'm not talking about the ring ! |
| 24 | Now , by loneliness I am not talking about the absence of friends and occasional breaks from people . |
| 25 | I am not talking about the absence of an ad hoc electrical connection or about the presence of other things , either specifically or under some general description or by some general means , when I make the conditional statement . |
| 26 | ‘ I 'm not talking about the time we spent in bed . |
| 27 | But we are not talking about the abstract . |
| 28 | Encouraged by the response from publishers Martin Lee commented : ‘ We are not talking about the death of the hardback but we do want publishers to find the appropriate format in which to promote their author . |
| 29 | ‘ I was not talking about the box alone . |
| 30 | Yes , I 'd just like to emphasize the point of the last er refusal , which , I 've got a copy here , would be over bearing , out of scale with the adjacent residential property , detrimental to the amenity of adjacent occupiers , and I see no , I know we 're not talking about an appeal at this stage , we 're talking about another application , I personally see no change whatsoever to the circumstances in which the last application was refused , these properties , totally out of proportion , and totally overpowering and overbearing for that entrance to the village |