Example sentences of "not [v-ing] [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am the first to admit that it is not easy , although I do wonder why we in tennis still use that argument as an excuse for not seeing what the Americans call ‘ minority ’ players more prominent in the British game . |
| 2 | Catalogues and mail order services share the disadvantages of offering a limited selection , and , more importantly , not allowing you the chance to examine the item until it arrives at the door . |
| 3 | But Donald , to judge from the size of the congregation - they were three deep in the aisles and old Mr Donovan from 21b ( ‘ I fought two wars for you lot ’ ) had to wait outside the double doors — Donald was not experiencing what the French sociologist called the Lonely Death . |
| 4 | They 're not doing what the workers want . |
| 5 | I shall always be grateful to him for not giving me the usual reply of an adult to a curious child 's questions , ‘ You 're too young to understand . ‘ |
| 6 | It also reinforces his case by demonstrating the implications of not giving him the cash that he needs . |
| 7 | Still half asleep he smiled indulgently , scenting a victory , since he had wanted to be generous all day and had been feeling mildly irritated with her for not giving him the opportunity . |
| 8 | Morris suddenly felt tired ; the doctored wine was not giving him the uplift he needed . |
| 9 | It is arguable whether these routes are worthwhile , but it would be nice if everybody could judge this rather than some narrow-minded person not giving us the choice . |
| 10 | Now they 're not giving us the time to make . |
| 11 | It is no good giving the United Nations a role and wanting it to carry out these measures on our behalf but not giving it the means to do so . |
| 12 | AN ACCORD aiming to shake off local government 's image of the left hand not knowing what the right hand is doing was signed in Essex yesterday . |
| 13 | Maybe an hour at most , ’ lied Lawrence , not knowing what the hell Cardiff wanted him for anyway . |
| 14 | The revenue is so desperate now because of this change in banks and building societies have left people not knowing what the situation is , and er there are millions , I 'm , I 'm not exaggerating there are twelve million , over two million pounds is being spent by the revenue on a new tax-back advert , sorry I did exaggerate , the idea is to remind about ten million people on all , on low income , that they could claim back tax which has been deducted from taxed savings . |
| 15 | Timothy smiled , not knowing what the man was talking about . |
| 16 | Your belief , as I understand it , is that we should accept not knowing what the future will be like and that we should trust in the abilities of ourselves , and of everyone else , to be surprised by what happenS , to be changed by it , and to be able to react in new ways that at present we do not know ? |
| 17 | Okay , is there , I do n't mind getting them shoes , but the thing is with , not knowing what the weather 's doing |
| 18 | And he should n't have admitted to not knowing what the Emerald Isle was . |
| 19 | ‘ And there 's me rambling on and you not knowing who the devil I am , nor me you … ’ |
| 20 | I had thi yeah I had this long conversation not knowing who the hell he so I said well are you going , I was thinking Kingfisher , so I thought well , I said are you going training tomorrow night ? |
| 21 | I you see you 're not exceeding what the government is establishing as your target level , you 're falling short of that , and that means that some people will not get services that they would get if you had gone up to the level . |
| 22 | Even with Palottino he had been discreet , not mentioning what the kidnapper had said to him . |
| 23 | Dr Neil — he 's Stair Cochrane 's younger brother — he works for the poor in an East End practice — ’ Her voice almost broke when she said his name , and her mama knew immediately that Sally-Anne was not telling them the whole truth about her East End adventures . |
| 24 | ‘ You know you 're not telling me the truth , Barbara , ’ said Cardiff , shining the torch in her direction now that Jimmy Devlin 's torches arrangement was lighting up the basement like the stage of some avant-garde theatre . |
| 25 | ‘ You are not telling me the truth . ’ |
| 26 | But if anyone said that Christianity was n't going to cost you anything , they were not telling you the full story . |
| 27 | It was my own fault , I suppose , for not telling you the whole truth , but I did it for your sake , because I loved you so much ! ’ |
| 28 | I cursed myself for not realizing what the trouble was . |
| 29 | ‘ As wholesalers we felt that Billingsgate was not offering us the facilities we needed , ’ he explains . |
| 30 | ‘ I think it all caught up with me : Corrections , Police — and you build up these defences within yourself and you have to pull away because you know : Wait a minute man , it 's not hitting me the way it used to , I 'm not jumping into it . |