Example sentences of "not [v-ing] any " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We understand the president-elect is not seeing any heads of government , ’ he said . |
| 2 | It is a bit like a rich person living in a wealthy neighborhood not seeing any poverty . |
| 3 | and , you 're losing money , , if you 're not , if you 're not seeing any return you 're |
| 4 | So I encourage people to play entire solos , only using chord tones , not using any approach notes or scale notes at all , but only using the three or four basic notes of whatever the chord is . |
| 5 | ‘ We managed to keep a live feel to the record firstly by not using any click tracks ; we recorded drums and acoustic rhythm guitar together to start each song off . |
| 6 | Some became pregnant through contraceptive failure , such as missing taking the Pill for a day , or a faulty condom , but most do it through not using any kind of contraception at all . |
| 7 | Nevertheless , four out of five of them were not using any form of birth control . |
| 8 | The builders are not using any nails in the construction , in an effort to build an authentic cultural centre . |
| 9 | Oh no we 'll have er the videos that we 're gon na watch you know I 've got twenty odd videos there and we 're not using any of them , apart from what 's on the top , we 're gradually filling these up |
| 10 | ‘ Riddle had it coming to him , I 'm not wasting any tears over that bastard . ’ |
| 11 | I 'm not saying , I 'm not drawing any conclusions until I know but I 'm saying I think it 's an area that is perhaps worth investigation . |
| 12 | Sometimes the purpose is simply intimidatory , as with the racist march , rather than an attempt to coerce persons into taking or not pursuing any particular course of action , and it is difficult to see that conditions could be imposed on a ‘ racist ’ march on this ground alone . |
| 13 | It 's not I 'm I 'm not pursuing any other P A Y E |
| 14 | This woman violates the taboo of not touching any man when in a state of impurity by secretly touching his garment , hoping thereby to heal herself . |
| 15 | The speaking-tube eventually evolved into a narrow horn , serving the same function — not allowing any sound to escape ( 8 ) . |
| 16 | Not allowing any illegal drugs in your own home : threaten to call the police if you do find drugs or have serious reason to suspect their use . |
| 17 | Not allowing any form of inappropriate behaviour . |
| 18 | It 's ridiculous not eating any breakfast . |
| 19 | I think , I 'd like to just take up the point about secrecy because I am involved in talking to couples where the , there is a basic problem of male infertility where th the husband of the couple , or the partner of the couple is unable to father a child because he 's not producing any sperm , or not producing enough sperm and that couple come to us for help and advice |
| 20 | ‘ Then I trust you 're not building any vain hopes regarding Silas , ’ Doreen warned sharply . |
| 21 | Government policy we do n't build any housing , and therefore we 've got five thousand on the waiting list , and that 's why health is a major problem for a lot of people in this city , because we 're not building any houses , she knows that , and she and her party do nothing about it . |
| 22 | 5.3 There are two further reasons for not accepting any sort of identification between adverbal adjectives and predicate qualifiers , apart from the indications given by ambiguity , and by the fact that they correspond to different types of question , and by the intuitively close relationship which is found in many cases between a verb + adverbal adjective pair and a single lexical verb . |
| 23 | However , it is quite clear that if an employee gives notice in accordance with the contract he is by so doing affirming the existence of the contract and not accepting any perceived repudiation by the employer : see Normalec Ltd v Britton [ 1983 ] FSR 318 . |
| 24 | We are not suggesting any solutions , we want information with that information then er , a judgement can then be made by this Committee and something can be done to accept those jobs and to create employment for an unemployment . |
| 25 | Fortunately you are not re-numbering any of the points |
| 26 | ‘ All I know is that we ought to be up in that tower , plannin' how we get back to our own lines , and not wastin' any more time quarrellin' down ‘ ere . ’ |
| 27 | Although not representing any direct threat to the government these rebellions did hinder the country 's economic recovery . |
| 28 | They looked at the radio , as if it would tell them something , and then their cold eyes settled on Bruno , who was not laughing any more . |
| 29 | For in the circumstances of ordinary politics the checkerboard strategy will prevent instances of injustice that would otherwise occur , and we can not say that justice requires not eliminating any injustice unless we can eliminate all . |
| 30 | ‘ System ? ’ demanded Howard , looking from one to the other , not understanding any of this . |