Example sentences of "not [verb] is [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They form a special class where , in the circumstances of the case , not helping is hindering . |
| 2 | The pastor who is not praying is playing ; the people who are not praying are straying . |
| 3 | Something inside me which I can not stop is whirling me faster and faster past beauty into oblivion . |
| 4 | The issue , the point I 'm trying to make is that in talking for all of the bodies , whether I 'm talking about for the council or whether I 'm talking about them at the same time or separately , one thing I 'm not doing is talking from my point of view . |
| 5 | ‘ What we 're not doing is offering the client an audit on a regular basis , ’ said , ‘ although whether it will form the catalyst for more regular contact is another matter . ’ |
| 6 | But what they 're not doing is spending loads of money on hospitals and houses and schools and raising the general living standards , they 're spending it all on heavy industry and armaments . |
| 7 | ‘ But at least what we can not sell is going to help other people overseas . ’ |
| 8 | He kept the room 's business on the move by constantly shouting : " Anyone who does n't work is going to be sacked . |
| 9 | What they do n't like is turning up at the House of Commons and having to do some work , because they ca n't stand the pressure . |
| 10 | What I ca n't take is seeing you distressed like this and not knowing why . |