Example sentences of "[conj] not [v-ing] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | The younger the people get , I find that not wanting to be erm whatever , regionalist or anything like that , |
| 2 | Of course , belonging may be gone by the board , historically speaking , she advises herself , wiping her face with this American paper dinner napkin and not wishing to be personal , to use a bygone phrase . |
| 3 | Not quite sure how to broach the subject , and not wishing to be indiscreet , she murmured awkwardly , ‘ I do n't quite know how to put this , but part of the reason for my visit was to try and trace someone who lived here a long time ago , only I do n't quite like to ask around , because the person I 'm looking for might not like it — might not want everyone to know her business . ’ |
| 4 | God is not ‘ up there ’ — not on a cloud , not in an upstairs heaven and not waiting to be glimpsed through the end of Laplace 's powerful telescope . |
| 5 | It 's not going to be as accurate and not going to be as easy to read it off but |
| 6 | While Liz was nibbling pistachio nuts , surveying dominions , Shirley , hot , red and angry ( but not appearing to be angry ) was listening yet once more to her mother-in-law 's description of her digestive system and what the doctor had said about the swelling of her legs , a commentary which followed closely upon her complaints about the absence of her two older grandchildren who had ( in Shirley 's view very wisely ) buggered off to a disco at Maid Marian 's Nitespot . |
| 7 | While not pretending to be a comprehensive guide to all the aspects of central heating , this section should enable you to save considerable sums by installing your own central heating in all but the most complicated of cases . |
| 8 | Her feet hurt a good deal , and she thought , though not wishing to be ungrateful , that she might have done better without the boots . |