Example sentences of "not [v-ing] at the " in BNC.

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1 Silver Reed tell me the double knit ribber does have a yarn holder and this holds the yarns you are not using at the end of the needle bed , making changing by hand easier .
2 Mr Vass said his client had lashed out , in a fight outside a pub , not realising at the time that a bottle in his hand was broken .
3 He ran quickly to the car , not looking at the sign again .
4 The next three days were spent not looking at the buildings and architecture of gay Paree but for a mythical Adidas Centre which one of my mates overheard someone talking about in hushed tones in a Liverpool snug .
5 When we have achieved that , then you will be able to play , not looking at the page all the time , but hearing the woodwinds , which have the melody at this point . ’
6 Not looking at the cows , but keeping her eyes fixed straight ahead , she pushed her bike past them and then on to the footpath .
7 As Pyke got me a half of bitter I stood there regarding the rows of inverted bottles behind the barman 's head , not looking at the other actors in the pub , who I knew were all staring at me .
8 One can therefore presume that he was not looking at the landscape as scenery but as habitat .
9 Katherine nodded fractionally , and the butler bowed and moved silently from the room , not looking at the younger man .
10 You 're not looking at the stream , you 're looking at the bloody quality and you ca n't stop yourself doing it . ’
11 All you 've got to do is concentrate on getting out quick and running your own thing , not looking at the next guy .
12 So you 're not looking at the answer .
13 I think I must be not looking at the list or not reading half the stuff .
14 When you study a play as part of an English Literature course , you 're not looking at the staging of it ; you 're not looking at how it works when it stands up .
15 He 's appears to be erm not looking at the the cameraman , photographer .
16 You 're doing it wrong if you 're not looking at the person that you 're trying to persuade .
17 Paige did as she was told , not looking at the distance to the ground .
18 And Tory arguments that the tax would make companies uncompetitive were not looking at the whole picture .
19 JOHN KING steered Tranmere to a new high on Saturday but revealed ‘ I 'm still not looking at the league table . ’
20 That either they have n't been able to think about it very carefully , not looking at the real options , or have n't got an electric point , so they ca n't have an electric shredder , or whatever the appropriate way of dealing with the more sort of shrubby erm waste that they 're likely to have .
21 Dexter was sure the TV reporter 's motive for leaving the room was more to check the nanny was not listening at the keyhole than a raging thirst .
22 He he 's not listening at the moment .
23 No , I 'm not listening at the moment .
24 Norway is a particularly interesting example where they saw a rocketing rate of smoking amongst adolescents they introduced a smoking ban , er an an advertising ban , and in fact , it 's reversed and they , they 're youngsters are not smoking at the same rate as as they were .
25 But manager Jim Nelson is certainly not trembling at the knees .
26 In a statement tonight , the Hunt said the hounds were not hunting at the time of incident and were not out of control .
27 Many professionals within the Lloyd 's market welcome the current crop of departures as there is an excess of financial capacity within the market at a time when business is not growing at the same rate as the available capacity .
28 There was also an admission that the demand for water is not growing at the rate Thames Water had earlier predicted .
29 Those not teaching at the present time are welcome to attend on a daily basis at £2 per session .
30 It was addressed to the retired rector of Alderly , admonishing him for past ingratitudes — for not returning a book , for not calling at the Grange when he knew the Springetts to be there .
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