Example sentences of "and not [v-ing] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it passed by , the crew too involved with the early flight of their craft and not expecting to find any intruders this close to the runway . |
| 2 | I estimated that perhaps fifteen minutes ' fishing would salve my honour , and not expecting to catch anything , I let the wind flag my flies out over the water . |
| 3 | At the most recent target for the Antipodian Don Quixote , who tilts not at windmills but at woodturners , and not wishing to turn a non-existent battle into a war of attrition , I can only wonder who Mike Darlow will focus his attentions on next ! |
| 4 | Wanting to keep her for himself , and not wishing to give away her identity to his colleagues , he gives her a male name : ‘ Bob ’ — to the delight of the audience , who then laugh each time he uses the name . |
| 5 | On those cases it , it usually evens itself out er it usually says oh due to roundings I 'll ignore that erm cos I 've actu erm I 've gained through the unit statement on , cos I 've had one of these stand alone policies , and not wishing to pay the one pound ninety I 've actually knocked it on the head now and incorporated it with another policy , but erm when we looked at it all , overall I 've got a nil unit situation but in some months I actually had negative units , some months I had a , a sort of like point zero one of a unit positive . |
| 6 | Meals are not just about eating , they are about talking and not wishing to hurry into another room for coffee . |
| 7 | And there is also irony in the way Pip treated Magwitch ; loathing him and not bearing to touch him and ending up loving him and holding his hand in court . |
| 8 | Er and if someone isn someone might be getting into bed and and not intending to have sex then that 's fine as well . |
| 9 | Now it seems to me with erm with great respect from the view of the taxing officer , that er it 's quite clear that er both parties were holding han were holding their hands in relation to a question of taxation because negotiations were going on between the parties and indeed the defendants were being requested er not to proceed with taxation but to see if they could obtain an overall assessment and the point was met to the defendants barrister , telling quite frankly there would n't be much advantage in the defendants pushing on with erm taxation because they 'd only , they would have to look to his interest in the property to get payment , it seems to me in those circumstances that it can not be said that erm the plaintiffs were in any way acting improperly and not seeking to have the costs taxed during the period while the negotiations were being carried on er because effectively and |
| 10 | Not only so be the monitor progress in the work so we do n't get ourselves bogged down as we have done before and not managing to carry out the work that 's needed . |
| 11 | And not getting cleaned out . |
| 12 | You become a mug when you 're getting beaten up and not getting paid for it , when you 're being exploited , when you 're getting hurt . |
| 13 | Or that girl with the Esquimau nose ? ) and not daring to spend the time she used to in study lest she be dangerously good , she now had hours and hours in which to brood and her old pains came back to life . |
| 14 | Returning to the Rossiya and not daring to look at the men and women who stood and swayed beside him . |
| 15 | And now he was here , a different life , learning not to forget his past and not trying to hide or run away from it but rather learning how to hit back , to use the overwhelming anger he had in him to both constructive and destructive ends . |
| 16 | Well I do n't think its quite er the level of aggression is quite up to that , I 'm sure that the market for legal services is now very much more competitive which is a healthy thing , and er if er if we were simply sitting on our hands from the nineteen eighties and not bothering to respond to that kind of challenge then I would be worried about it , but we 're not . |
| 17 | Martin said it was in the National Car Park across the road , about twenty yards from the front door of the pub and Dod said ‘ Oh , yeah ’ and reluctantly gave up his place in the darts game , slipping at least three five-pound notes and some coins into his pocket and not bothering to thank the guys he 'd played . |
| 18 | ‘ I do n't know , ’ Peter said , dragging his mind away from Kate and not bothering to conceal his irritation . |
| 19 | Mother , who was two or three years older , used to worry herself sick about the way he toiled , going on every hour sent in all weathers , and not stopping to change into dry clothes when the weather was wet . |
| 20 | The boss knew I was worked to death , and not wanting to lose me said , ‘ Mick , you take a few days rest . |
| 21 | I did n't look too closely at any of the bits and pieces lying around , squinting at them from the side of my eye , wanting and not wanting to see bloody meat or tattered clothing . |
| 22 | As there was so much at stake the standard of hockey was effective with both teams playing conservatively and not wanting to take too many risks . |
| 23 | Terrified that it would try to escape or fly away , and not wanting to risk the Corporal 's anger , I pinned it to the ground by leaning a large stone against it . |
| 24 | Carrie was afraid at first that Albert would despise such a babyish pastime but he seemed to enjoy it as much as Nick did , shouting with laughter when he tripped over bumps in the ice and not wanting to stop , even when she said it was time they were going . |
| 25 | Recognising that some form of help is required by these fish as they are invariably suffering from stress , damaged fins and shock brought about by different water conditions , and not wanting to use anything alien to their systems , I felt that herbs would be gentler and less likely to result in any problems with breeding the fish later . |
| 26 | I keep floating about in the thought of you , like wallowing in a hot bath and not wanting to get out . " |
| 27 | He gripped the bars , wanting and not wanting to tear them down ; escape ; be free . |
| 28 | They may be dazed and talk as if delirious , incoherent , stupid , forgetful ; worse ( < ) for mental exertions and is averse to speaking or even having company present ; too tired to communicate and not wanting to make the effort . |
| 29 | I used to listen to other children describing holidays in Bournemouth or Butlin 's or Benidorm , and not wanting to feel out of it I used to invent mine because I had never been anywhere ! |
| 30 | It 's true that no one came in , but I think someone must have lifted the latch and set the door ajar , and then after all drawn back and closed it again , hearing the voices within and not wanting to interrupt . |