Example sentences of "[was/were] not [verb] go [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Robemaker 's sentries were not letting go easily … |
| 2 | The Transport ( formerly Energy ) Secretary Cecil Parkinson took the view that cars were not going to go away and discouraging ownership would be ‘ very , very unpopular ’ . |
| 3 | And so , er , when th the reapers were gathering in the harvest they were not allowed to go right to the edge of the field , they had to leave a border , they were not to go right into the corners , they were to leave those areas , so that the poorer members , so that those who did not have could come and could gather what was left behind . |
| 4 | As children , we were not allowed to go there because of the risk of attack from a tiger or leopard , but sometimes , I would follow a group of hunters to trap sambar , muntjac or wild boar . |
| 5 | It was what you called a ‘ wet break ’ and you were n't allowed to go outside . |
| 6 | We were n't allowed to go upstairs to our rooms without permission , that was a real blow for me . |
| 7 | He refused all these , ‘ not on the ground that he was not employed to go there , but on the basis that he thought the opportunity of earning overtime was not good ’ . |
| 8 | Ten years ago , the realisation that gas demand was not going to go away , gave rise to a policy designed to conserve gas resources , and all new export contracts were stopped . |
| 9 | A slight frown marred her face as she saw the Donaldson item in print , a reminder that the problem of Maureen and Holly was not going to go away on its own . |
| 10 | However , clearly the problem was not going to go away , and she would have to face the harsh reality of a pregnancy , and single motherhood in the future , very soon . |
| 11 | However , in general , he was not allowed to go there since his presence excited all of the large apes housed there and interfered with any research that might have been going on . |
| 12 | But no ; their Christianity was n't goin' to go that far . ’ |
| 13 | I was n't allowed to go anywhere near them at a time when I most needed reassuring . |
| 14 | And the the moment that that sort of sole had worn off that the shoe repairer had put on it was n't allowed to go any further than that , it was taken off and another one put on . |
| 15 | It was n't going to go away on its own , was it ? |
| 16 | He was n't going to go peacefully , that was for sure . |
| 17 | But he was alert and sparkling , his motor well and truly turned on by the presence of Catherine Crane , and he probably was n't going to go home till he , or Catherine , dropped in their tracks . |
| 18 | During this time I began to realise that perhaps I was n't going to go home . |
| 19 | I could n't send her away thinking I could be so heartless and horrible , but I also knew that I was n't going to go home that weekend ; I 'd find an excuse . |
| 20 | Surely she was n't going to go everywhere with them . |
| 21 | ‘ There was a moment when I thought he was n't going to go ever , ’ said Lydia . |