Example sentences of "be n't [v-ing] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ruth Batsford , of the council 's electoral registration office , said : ‘ We really do n't have an explanation why people are n't sending the forms back . |
| 2 | ‘ I mean , they 're not open twelve hours like my shops , and they are n't using the space . ’ |
| 3 | it 's way down the I mean all these people go , Oh it 's people are n't using the english language properly but if you look at the english |
| 4 | The Consumers ' Association says that manufacturers are n't helping the situation by labelling clothes ‘ dry-clean only ’ to protect themselves when many could be washed with care . |
| 5 | No , Pauline and brother Pete ( above ) are n't breaking the law . |
| 6 | Revenues generated from VAXes grew 22% to £11.1m , and although Turner said that licence sales ‘ have really slowed ’ because people are n't buying the machines much any more , a high proportion of the £11.1m came from maintenance and services to the group 's existing 500 or so VAX customers . |
| 7 | He said : ‘ People are n't getting the food they are supposed to get . |
| 8 | That children are n't getting the right education , |
| 9 | But some motorists still are n't getting the message . |
| 10 | Some catch on more quickly than others , and some are n't watching the race at all . |
| 11 | They are n't lying — indeed , they 're all trying to be utterly sincere — but they are n't telling the truth . |
| 12 | ( Decide : where you were ; what you were doing ; why you are n't telling the truth . ) |
| 13 | Of course , it 's always there , but the walls and towers appear to have moved when they were not being watched , or maybe they are in the same place , but the adventurers are n't seeing the same thing all the time . |
| 14 | Deano did fine , but I suspect we still are n't seeing the best of him . |
| 15 | Cos they are n't talking the queen 's English ! |
| 16 | No because even the ones that are n't showing the symptoms , they could have the virus in it , cos it just may not have come out . |
| 17 | African may be big in the US rap at the moment , but the South African 's are n't returning the compliment . |
| 18 | Yes surprising that War on Want are n't asking the national party |
| 19 | But Walters expects every Liverpool player to be aware of their manager 's presence , saying : ‘ We 'll feel his eyes burning through us if we are n't doing the business . ’ |
| 20 | But Walters expects every Liverpool player to be aware of their manager 's presence , saying : ‘ We 'll feel his eyes burning through us if we are n't doing the business . ’ |
| 21 | But Walters expects every Liverpool player to be aware of their manager 's presence when he said : ‘ We 'll feel his eyes burning through us if we are n't doing the business . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Our Leader does n't like to be told that his election was a fraud , that actual grievous bodily harm was perpetrated to bring him victory , that people were n't telling the truth when they said they wanted him , only him , when they said their hearts beat as one with love of him . |
| 23 | What he saw was more or less what he 'd expected ; lots of business , big crowds full of stupid people who were n't watching the traffic , every other window steamed-up and hung with a brace of Peking duck . |
| 24 | Everybody — senior and junior — started talking about how they were n't getting the support they needed . |
| 25 | They were n't getting the work done . |
| 26 | The ticket agents felt they were n't getting the full treatment . |
| 27 | The the estate agents were finding that they were using these up very quickly by sending them away , also they were rather expensive to send away in the post and we were not prepared to put , er we were n't getting the income to survive on that . |
| 28 | When he says that erm that sort of , that 's what the C C P leadership thought and so they thought that if they were n't getting the land then something must be going wrong with the policy |
| 29 | The the problem that we did have , I mean my normal lecturing style until here in fact , was that I would just waffle y'know and generally do a few bits on the board and then carry on for an hour or two but the sh people were n't getting the notes down , that was the problem with that . |
| 30 | Because even if I were n't wearing the tweed jacket I 'd still be me . |