Example sentences of "not [v-ing] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I 'm not seeing me kid and me husband walk to town in second-hand clothes . |
| 2 | She stayed for hours , not worrying , not thinking ; not seeing herself doing things , which was her usual way of planning ahead , chopping herbs , washing salad , seeing her hands arranging things on plates , hearing her voice ask for things in shops . |
| 3 | I 'm not demanding we spend the entire weekend locked in a clinch , ’ Vitor said impatiently when she started to protest , ‘ but we should appear to be on good terms . |
| 4 | they ca n't actually do this , if they 're going to do it and we 're certainly not encouraging them to do it , but if they 're going to do it then there 's no reason why they could n't do it with adults . |
| 5 | Not realising what had been going on , she 'd failed to understand why he 'd had to spend so many nights in the penthouse suite of his office . |
| 6 | The Government has let us down by not realising we needed investment . |
| 7 | The prosecution also claims the men produced false alibis , not realising they had been captured on police video at Streetshome on the day of the alleged raid , the case continues . |
| 8 | How like him to want to slay her dragons , not realising he had been one himself . |
| 9 | Constant rain , and when it 's not raining it looks as if it 's about to . |
| 10 | cos it 's not raining I do n't know what I 'm talking about |
| 11 | Harry nodded , not trusting himself to speak , clutching the neck of the bottle , not trusting himself to drink . |
| 12 | Harry nodded , not trusting himself to speak , clutching the neck of the bottle , not trusting himself to drink . |
| 13 | Not trusting him to return it , she would not give it . |
| 14 | Nutty had given them a thorough grounding in the process , and put out the evening feeds ready , not trusting them to get the quantities right . |
| 15 | ‘ Yes , ’ she said , not trusting herself to say more . |
| 16 | Not trusting herself to speak , she right-wheeled and made for her own front door , which now looked hopelessly out of date and shabby . |
| 17 | Not trusting herself to speak , she settled for gripping the butt of her gun with white knuckles . |
| 18 | Alyssia nodded , not trusting herself to speak . |
| 19 | She snatched her hand away from his as if she feared he might contaminate her and stalked ahead of him , not trusting herself to speak until they were inside her apartment . |
| 20 | She made no answer , letting him read her opinion from the scornful lift of her eyebrows , not trusting herself to speak . |
| 21 | Not trusting herself to speak , she nodded . |
| 22 | She nodded , not trusting herself to speak . |
| 23 | Rachel could only glare at him in silent hatred , not trusting herself to speak . |
| 24 | She stood up and walked to the door , not trusting herself to look back , and after a second she heard him come to his feet . |
| 25 | I 'm not helping you do it . |
| 26 | But the essay is usually a closed form , not allowing students to admit to uncertainty in their thinking , not allowing them to explore their ideas in imaginative and open-ended ways . |
| 27 | It is a young woman 's role , in her eyes , to play by society 's rules while not allowing them to define her . |
| 28 | The formula ‘ protects ’ the incomes of second families by not allowing them to fall below income support levels plus £8 and 10 per cent of the difference . |
| 29 | ‘ If a husband or wife wants a family deep down , then it may eat away at the relationship and they may blame their partner for not allowing them to fulfil their needs . ’ |
| 30 | For government to pursue a regional policy either by offering incentives to industries to move into depressed areas or by not allowing them to expand in the affluent parts of the country is tantamount to impeding economic growth and wasting resources . |