Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [pers pn] not [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For her own part , there was never any question of her not studying science and she is the best sort of role model because of her enthusiasm : ‘ Just finding out what makes things work . |
| 2 | And when your time was out there was no question of you not getting a journeyman 's wages you were you were paid that alright . |
| 3 | The reliance of elderly people on walking as a mode of transport increases their exposure to risk whilst their failing faculties raise the likelihood of them not seeing the striking vehicle . |
| 4 | Maybe the fact that the England post would become available sometime this season was an influence in him not going into mgt this year ? |
| 5 | I 've realized that this temperamental behaviour is the child in me not getting what I want . |
| 6 | ‘ Well , you 've proved your point about me not knowing enough to be a manager . |
| 7 | This partly explains why they 've been struggling on for around six years now , but is no excuse in the current climate for them not gaining some long overdue recognition . |
| 8 | criticism about them not turning up and this sort of thing . |
| 9 | Understanding men and women and relationships as I do , I thought there was more chance of it not working out and the rest is what one might call one 's intuition . |
| 10 | I 'm sorry , I know you think I 'm old-fashioned , but I ca n't bear the thought of you not marrying in church — not having God 's blessing upon the pair of you . ’ |
| 11 | She says that one reason for her not going out is that upstairs there are about one thousand people assaulting children . |
| 12 | He did not believe himself to be any the wiser as regards the reason for it not firing , but he thought he might as well try again . |
| 13 | Doubts arose over the length of time which might elapse before the child ceased to be regarded as ‘ newly born ’ , and the Infanticide Act 1938 extended the definition to the killing of a child within twelve months of its birth by a mother whose mind is disturbed either by reason of her not having fully recovered from the effect of giving birth to the child or by reason of the effect of lactation consequent upon the birth of the child . |
| 14 | ‘ There is a high risk of her not surviving the transplant but she is in a hole now . |
| 15 | Did you all go swimming or were there a lot of you not going today ? |
| 16 | The last thing she wanted to do was to encourage their flaring in response to an incautious comment , especially as , since he had got his own way about her not flying out that day , his behaviour had been impeccable . |
| 17 | You know , it 's charge out time , it 's the cost of them not doing something else . |
| 18 | Mind , it do n't make sense to me , an 'andsome feller like 'im not 'aving no wife . |