Example sentences of "[be] [not/n't] [v-ing] [conj] i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And every residential social worker knows that I am not exaggerating when I say that after a death has occurred — often alone or with one of us holding the dying resident 's hand — the family will descend like vultures , demanding a complete inventory of all their belongings , ransacking their personal clothes for valuables , and insisting on receiving all that is left of the petty cash . |
| 2 | I am not exaggerating when I say that I was inspired by all I saw at the adult education centres in Croydon . |
| 3 | ‘ Alarm bells are not ringing but I hope nobody thinks we 're too good to go down . |
| 4 | ‘ You 're not leaving till I scan you , ’ she sang . |
| 5 | You 're not forgetting that I called you before that time myself , and you told me Bonanza had taken the girl away somewhere ? ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm not exaggerating when I say that if we do not meet this challenge now , we shall be in serious trouble within less than a year . |
| 7 | near Kettering , Don went to er Northampton and then finally I went to Rushden and er I 'd been there about a year and all of a sudden there was a call in for Shorteners at so I went down on the bike and er what er the one over me who , who was elderly , well was n't over me but he was er he was on my job but the senior man on it he come in , the boss had sent him in to have a look cos the er Shorteners were complaining , and er then they rang up for one of us , he said well I 'm not leaving till I 've solved this problem so I had to go . |
| 8 | My canoeing skills , newly acquired , were not tested in Canadians , helmed by a guide , and I am disappointed but as I did n't acquire my elementary skills until I was a 61 year old female I 'm not complaining but I do complain that I 'm quite unable to find a suitable canoe companion now I 'm on my own . |
| 9 | Yes I 'm not I 'm not saying that I do n't think it 's a an important consideration . |
| 10 | Well we were a better er service , they were a better ser I 'm not saying that I think so , I know they were a better service don does n't does n they 're not quite proof , there were in an tramcar Edinburgh Corporation tramcars were running , they were running at a , a , every year a profit . |
| 11 | She were n't waiting when I knew her . |
| 12 | They were endlessly busy when they were n't praying and I remembered their surroundings as always faintly shining . |
| 13 | I try to pretend it is not happening but I know it is . ’ |
| 14 | Right you have to come I think the basis of this evening was to get people to come along and put there points of view and to say what 's happening and what is n't happening and I think we can take that take that away and considerate it yes I mean I I think the board or the management committee will be happy to meet with people to discuss the use of the theatre er what it 's used for what might what the unhappiness is if there is unhappiness and the positive and the positive as well as the negative points yes . |
| 15 | He took the opportunity of his first book after leaving No. 10 to state , ‘ I was not exaggerating when I called the 1974 Cabinet the most experienced and talented Cabinet this century , transcending even the Campbell-Bannerman Administration of 1905 . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Even today I was n't presuming that I had been chosen . ’ |
| 17 | " Mary was n't looking and I found the experience very pleasant . |
| 18 | The day I came here I 'd gone down to Age Concern — I used to go there for meetings and bingo — and I told them I was n't stopping because I 'd no money . |