Example sentences of "not [verb] [adv] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Knighton , whose bid to take over Manchester United failed in a blaze of publicity three years ago , said : ‘ Carlisle United will not survive without a development of some kind and I will not stay here subsidising the club . ’ |
| 2 | The villagers abused him , saying , ‘ You should help these people , not sit there weeping ’ . |
| 3 | A third of the Membership claimed to be unemployed and their reduced subscriptions of £6 did not cover even mailing costs . |
| 4 | It does not cover simply keeping goods after the accused has discovered that they have been stolen : Broom v Crowther ( 1984 ) 148 JP 592 . |
| 5 | Ian Lang can not remain complacently sitting on his hands in the face of an economic crisis which is damaging all our communities and condemning more than 80,000 Scots to long-term unemployment , ’ he said . |
| 6 | Yanto could not recollect ever having seen him out of a boiler suit . |
| 7 | I am sure that they did not consider just talking to London Transport about that . |
| 8 | You will soon realise the difficulties and will not need much persuading to make yourself a fixed camera mount . |
| 9 | The jury did not need much persuading . |
| 10 | The bulk of the race does not need much describing . |
| 11 | That there is considerable theory presupposed by the assertion , ‘ The electron beam was repelled by the North Pole of the magnet ’ , or by a psychiatrist 's talk of the withdrawal symptoms of a patient , should not need much arguing . |
| 12 | With any luck , it should not need much doing to it over the next few years . |
| 13 | erm one did take up on public individuals if they made a profit have the board not considered perhaps teaming public individuals to run the theatre ? . |
| 14 | They were forbidden to enter into contracts , and consequently the marriage of two slaves was not considered legally binding ; the slave owner could , if he wished , separate husbands from wives , and parents from children . |
| 15 | Overall if you look at the balance sheet , it still appears quite healthy , erm , nevertheless , I must point out that the balance sheet is composed largely of funds with specific purposes , and these specific purposes do not include simply propping up deficits on the mainstream activities . |
| 16 | We do not behave simply according to our instincts , but look to others to follow and imitate . |
| 17 | He did not enjoy relentlessly repeating the set during practices . |
| 18 | Bill had expected that question , but he could not prevent there coming across his inward eye the memory of the grubby calendar in Onyx 's kitchen , with the new red ring round Thursday the twenty-ninth . |
| 19 | He might not do much talking back himself . |
| 20 | However , whilst both the HPV16 sequence and the HSV octamer could readily compete for binding of this protein , the HPV6 sequence could not do so confirming that it does not bind the cervical protein with high affinity ( Figure 4 ) . |
| 21 | Opposition figures expressed concern that this timescale would not give newly emerging political parties sufficient time to establish themselves . |
| 22 | ‘ There is likely to be more , I say continue , but let's not keep here talking about it , ’ said Joseph and with that he brought down his axe on a dummy beside him . |
| 23 | She should be getting some sleep , she told herself irritably , not lying here trying to erase the memory of a very disturbing kiss from her mind . |
| 24 | Do not spend long making your decision . |
| 25 | I do not remember there having been given such consideration and discussion to the constitution of any other body with which I have been associated . |
| 26 | I could not remember ever seeing her so indecisive . |
| 27 | And things that shut out light : small boxrooms , closed doors ; ‘ when I snuffed out my bedside candle ’ ; a local history of appalling sandstorms ; unfriendly adults of grim , dour mien , with tight acerbic mouths , the ‘ grey granite ’ stare of a harsh grandmother : he says , ‘ I can not remember ever hearing her use my Christian name in the vocative . ’ |
| 28 | I could not remember ever having seen one of his poems in The New Yorker , but it was a magazine I saw only occasionally in those days . |
| 29 | And ran errands for her willingly and without complaint ; but no , I can not remember ever having behaved particularly lovingly . |
| 30 | I can not remember ever having behaved particularly lovingly . ) |