Example sentences of "not [v-ing] [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I 'm not seeing me kid and me husband walk to town in second-hand clothes . |
| 2 | I 'm not helping you do it . |
| 3 | To get back at Jo for not letting her go to the theatre with her , Amy has burned the book which Jo has written . |
| 4 | ‘ It is raining , she has small children , I am not letting her walk alone , ’ I said firmly . |
| 5 | There seemed to be a weight on her chest , pinning her to the ground and not letting her breathe . |
| 6 | Not letting her see me of course . |
| 7 | ‘ And you 're not letting me go ? ’ |
| 8 | That hurt him almost as much as when I slapped his face for not letting me escape . |
| 9 | I told her I 'll do my own thing , I 'm not letting them do it for me . |
| 10 | He was not letting them get away with this easily . |
| 11 | Remember , though , that badgering agents is quite useless ; if they want to come they will come , but telephoning them and overselling yourself can be just as useless as not letting them know that you 're alive and working . |
| 12 | In addition it warns Sun that it is alienating its customers by not letting them apply their corporate discounts to the Classic and by letting them perceive Sun as turning its back on its established technical clientele to pursue the commercial marketplace . |
| 13 | Hilda would have called it not letting him worry , keeping everything smooth and secure . |
| 14 | ‘ I do n't care , I am not letting him have my car . ’ |
| 15 | That 's where the Grendon technique gets to work ; listening , talking , breaking down barriers and not letting anyone pull the wool over their eyes . |
| 16 | He began to speak out loud over the sound of the copious running water ; he congratulated himself for not crying in public , he congratulated himself for not getting hurt , for not letting himself be assaulted on the way home , for not letting anyone corner him or get him down on the floor or up against a wall but for keeping walking instead . |
| 17 | Jockey to get a good slot , forcing a gap to leeward where possible and not letting anyone sail over you to windward . |
| 18 | ‘ I am not letting anyone have my car , ’ I said . |
| 19 | If you 've got to act , you 've got to act , there 's no sense about it , it 's a question of something inside you compelling you , not letting you do anything else — the stage is your life , you do n't care about pay or conditions or — ’ I dried up . |
| 20 | ‘ I 'm not letting you do anything , Joe . |
| 21 | I am not letting you go till you say it ! ’ |
| 22 | Now I 've met you ’ — he gave my apron a little tug — ‘ I 'm not letting you go . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ That 's why I 'm not letting you take me to the airport . ’ |
| 24 | Staring down , he said , ‘ We 're not letting you escape this time , you freak of nature . |
| 25 | Perhaps not letting you know the party was off was a Freudian slip . |
| 26 | It ai n't fair , them not letting you keep pets in |
| 27 | ‘ I 've got better things to worry about , ’ said my mother , not letting us forget for a moment her onerous wedding duties . |
| 28 | You 're not letting us know anyway . |
| 29 | Th this company must be in a bloody sight worse a mess than we thought and the government are not letting us know this is what they 're look for are scapegoats and they they 're . |
| 30 | They sat there side by side , Faye and Roberta , staring at Alice , so unlike Mary and Reggie that Alice was even amused — inside , of course , not letting it show And her heart hurt for the girls . |