Example sentences of "[noun] [not/n't] [v-ing] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seemed a funny sort of freedom to me when all you saw was poor people working like crazy and getting poorer and rich people not appearing to be doing much of anything except remaining quietly rich |
| 2 | Does n't listen to a word I say , like , the women 's no good cos I told some things about which would really made yet more of his hair fall of the top of his bald head , I said I said look , a working women needs a working man to help support herself and her children , I said , er no , nobody is going to be able these days , a woman not going to be able to support herself on twenty hours a week , which is what Karen does , putting out bread in the Asda . |
| 3 | Governors not wishing to be accountable to local government have the choice of being accountable directly to central government by taking the school into grant-maintained status . |
| 4 | In every way not wanting to be together . |
| 5 | One problem not having to be faced is opposition from local residents . |