Example sentences of "[verb] [v-ing] [subord] [pron] [be] not " in BNC.
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| 1 | George could not face a life on his own , though I do n't think he would consider marrying because he is not a ladies ' man . |
| 2 | There was the same combination that I had seen before : collected in groups that seemed threatening because you were not part of them , and between these bright areas black , empty alleys full of odd forebodings . |
| 3 | The zooxanthellae , symbiotic algae which live in the tissues of photosynthetic ( light requiring ) corals , are responsible for the characteristic beige , brown , green or blue coloration of corals and soon cause bleaching if they are not allowed to function correctly . |
| 4 | felt it had not helped embalming as it was not in a sufficiently dignified manner . |
| 5 | ‘ We do n't want to start crowing because we 're not up there yet , but if we keep on like this I believe this side can make a challenge . ’ |