Example sentences of "not [v-ing] at [det] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm it , we 've covered some of it , the rest , er , again , because we 're not looking at such large large sums , you know , as Cover Master for Home Health Checks and things like that , erm , but , basically , no . |
| 2 | A middle-aged woman , matronly in appearance and , thought Tony , not looking at all comical , went straight into a saucy monologue about an amorous coalman who left dusty handprints on various parts of his lady customers ' anatomies . |
| 3 | He let go and she stood up , waving her arms and not sounding at all pleased . |
| 4 | So she was not feeling at all friendly to Naylor when , shortly after breakfast , they left Parkwood . |
| 5 | We were not feeling at all holy when we went in , having decided that all men were rotters , and fancy leaving us at Christmas for a couple of dames they had only just met ! |
| 6 | It seems that my mind is then not working at any high pressure intellectually and , somehow or other , it is receptive to completely new ideas . |