Example sentences of "and not [v-ing] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For her and others like her it is a question of wanting it sufficiently , being prepared to put in the work and not expecting concessions because they are women . |
| 2 | He was capable of wanting nothing all day , of sending every meal away and not allowing Teresa in , even to make up his fire or turn down his bed , and then , around midnight , calling for his breakfast and complaining he was cold because the fire had gone out . |
| 3 | As the game progresses , owners should start to win the chase or the tug-of-war so , by the end of each game scenario — before Fido has lost interest — they are in possession of the toy , playing with it and not allowing Fido to have it . |
| 4 | Drinking — and not training weekends — meant my weight stuck on 12 stones ; trying to race on 20 miles a week , plus the drinking , was not on . ’ |
| 5 | Apart from its ease of use , plastic pipe has the advantage of not being so susceptible to frost damage and not causing corrosion with galvanised water pipes and tanks . |
| 6 | Nell was n't there , but Zak and some of the other actors were , sitting four to a table , drinking pale-looking orange juice and not eating carrot cake because of the calories . |
| 7 | These rocks are covered in algae after being in a small tank under an ordinary 60 watt bulb and not containing fish . |
| 8 | Fifty seven children ( 63% ) had recovered , defined as no soiling with 3 bowel movements per week and not receiving treatment . |
| 9 | It should be noted , however , that if one million of the three million were back at work and not receiving unemployment and/or supplementary benefits from the Exchequer , it would put less strain on the public purse and make it easier to meet the social security benefits for the expected one million over-85-year-olds . |
| 10 | To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what is his estimate of the number of people in the United Kingdom who are economically active , unemployed and not receiving unemployment benefit . |
| 11 | There 's new concern about the disease TB after a survey showed some health districts are going against government advice and not vaccinating school children . |
| 12 | ‘ Exercise and not drinking helps . ’ |
| 13 | However , this comment conflicts with statements made back in September , when the company said it was saddened by users employing the handsets solely as cordless phones and not taking advantage of the Rabbit network . |
| 14 | As he turned to return down the steps he was thinking of Carrie once more and not taking care where he was stepping . |
| 15 | Perhaps the dead body of the loved one expresses all the pathos of this absence , the helplessness of being watched , and not knowing Actors are paid to pretend that they are unaware of being watched , but they of course rely on the collusion of the watcher , and nearly always get it . |
| 16 | and I , I ca n't get hold of that textbook and then , and not knowing psychology before |
| 17 | And not getting stuff for each other so I hope she has n't been out and done it all . |
| 18 | And I have a responsibility to the Committee , you know , and they have to the Regional Board , even though you 're working in a section of the hospital that 's outside the NHS establishment , and not using Ministry money . |
| 19 | At the beginning of the nineteenth century we find Lord Eldon sometimes keeping a case for ten years to think over , and not delivering judgement till perhaps most of the parties were dead and most of the property had gone in costs . |
| 20 | Many critics of the encouragement provided until recently by the UK 's investment grants system in LFAs argue that farmers have been converting increasing areas of moorland and roughland to grass leys ( attracting substantial grants and more HLCAs ) while neglecting pastures previously improved and not maintaining standards of husbandry and land management . |
| 21 | Those persistent but slightly fattening habits which are the key to your weight problem could be : having ‘ densely packed ’ calories at meals ( that means having a lot of fat , either visible such as butter on your bread or invisible like butter in a cake ) ; snacking in between meals , especially if those snacks include cream , alcohol and sugar ; and not expending energy with exercise to use up the calories . |
| 22 | Despite what had happened between them , because it had been what she had wanted at the time and because Rune had been a generous and not over-demanding lover , and because she loved him , her own sense of self-esteem had remained whole . |
| 23 | Mr. Maunder then gave a list of ‘ don'ts ’ including not using peat based compost — he suggested coconut fibre or copra bean substitutes — and not buying hardwood trellis . |
| 24 | ( 2 ) Damage arising from a direct collision between vehicles insured by the parties to this Agreement and the Policy issued by one of those parties being a fleet insurance or part of a fleet insurance as defined hereunder a ) and not granting indemnity against such damage to the insured vehicle or b ) being subject to an excess of more than $100 in respect of such damage , that party shall pay a ) one half of the loss of the other party in respect of the damage to their Insured 's vehicle or b ) not more than half the excess save and except that if the amount recoverable is $50 or less this clause will be inoperative . |
| 25 | Probation officers , it is argued , are concerned with establishing rules for probationers and not inflicting pain on them . |
| 26 | Hospitality comprises a champagne reception , carefully chosen four-course lunch with selected fine wines , traditional English afternoon tea and not forgetting strawberries and cream . |
| 27 | They are accused of failing to use their initiative and not opening emergency gates . |
| 28 | These include calling in the fire brigade at the first sign of what they quaintly call ‘ smouldering in senile machinery ’ and ejecting all the customers forthwith , and not opening stations if the required number of staff ( two on the smaller stations ) have failed to turn up . |
| 29 | We wish to point out Darlington 's Tory candidate Michael Fallon said £22.4m had been ploughed into housing association grants for the town since 1979 and not housing authority grants as was stated . |
| 30 | You get high levels of urban unemployment there so migration to the urban areas and not finding employment situation . |