Example sentences of "not [verb] be [v-ing] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had never suspected she had ever loved any man but Simon Ellis and I knew she could not have been referring to him since she had never spoken of him without affection and great kindness . |
| 2 | Martin and Roberts ( 1984 , pp. 11–12 ) found that older women , many of whom would not have been contributing to the state pension scheme in their own right , tended to leave the labour market in their mid-fifties . |
| 3 | He kept the room 's business on the move by constantly shouting : " Anyone who does n't work is going to be sacked . |
| 4 | B : I sha n't have been goin' to . |
| 5 | " She could n't have been talking to Rome , " Seddon said . |