Example sentences of "n't [v-ing] to [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'd then offered to come back with her , so that she was n't returning to an empty house alone , at which point — running out of soothing phrases and patience — she 'd told him that alone was exactly what she wanted to be . |
| 2 | ‘ Ah shee-it , I ai n't going to no mad doctor and gettin' mah pecker all X-rayed . |
| 3 | Whether or not , as Heath reported , the Vietnamese were turning increasingly to the US for advice and assistance in a situation where the Governor of Annam was n't speaking to the Prime Minister — who was being kept on . |
| 4 | I think this is a deal that could have been done ; we just were n't getting to the finishing line quickly enough . |
| 5 | She was n't clinging to the steatopygous Stu , though she held his arm , it 's true . |
| 6 | As soon as it arrived , one of the staff thought there was something unusual about it , and he was n't referring to the missing wing . |