Example sentences of "not [vb infin] [pron] [prep] being [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is an area of special problems which do not lend themselves to being handled easily by familiar logico-linguistic techniques and require a different type of treatment . |
| 2 | The mere fact that I have set myself the end X , with Y as a necessary means to it , and without conflict with other prudential or moral considerations , does not guarantee me from being mistaken in doing Y ( Anyone who supposed that it did would indeed be guilty of the Naturalistic Fallacy without appeal . ) |
| 3 | They saw some ‘ family homes ’ which looked like ordinary mental hospital wards and although patients in some wards were referred to as ‘ guests , ’ this did not prevent them from being confined by locked doors . |
| 4 | That did not prevent her from being thrown down a mineshaft to her death in 1918 . |
| 5 | On the other hand , so long as the electoral system appears to give due weight to most parties , the fact that individual votes may often have little effect does not deter them from being cast . |
| 6 | This did not save him from being imprisoned from 1661 to 1667 on suspicion of plotting against Charles II . |
| 7 | I do n't know anything about being paid for it . |
| 8 | Even adding tons of extended RAM to your machine does n't stop them from being created , so one of the better uses of a bit of extra RAM is to create another ‘ hard disk ’ in memory , using the ramdrive program . |
| 9 | Virgil Miller in his office ; meeting Louise at the sect van ; the ranting , golden-robed Prophet at the Crusade ; the nightmare chase in the bowels of the Washington Centre ; the confrontation with Angel One after the Jim Miller interview ; Louise 's rescue ; Pam 's hand impaled to the table ; Harry Sherman 's bandaged form and the fight with the bogus nurse in the hospital room ; his capture of the Bethlehem House Control and the gunfight in the basement corridor ; the escape from the fire through the underground tunnel ; and lastly the fight with Angel One in the clearing … the fight … he could n't recall anything after being hit in the chest … |
| 10 | I said I hoped it would n't involve him in being menaced by hoards of vengeful Hindu fundamentalists . |
| 11 | She said in a tone of simple surprise , ‘ Do n't you know that you ca n't love someone without being hurt ? ’ |