Example sentences of "[be] [not/n't] [v-ing] [coord] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes but er I think i it 's a combination of things , it 's the fact that you 've got your erm hand in plaster so your fingers are not moving and you lose muscle tone so quickly . |
| 2 | ‘ Alarm bells are not ringing but I hope nobody thinks we 're too good to go down . |
| 3 | It pays not to overfeed adult ferrets at times when they are not working or they become fat and lazy . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Defence lawyer Mr Gerry Trainor pleaded that others living there were not objecting and they did not intend any trouble . |
| 6 | They were endlessly busy when they were n't praying and I remembered their surroundings as always faintly shining . |
| 7 | And those people that take or get extra , either their body is not producing or they want an extra bit for something so they can run a hundred yards at er in an extra five minutes . |
| 8 | I try to pretend it is not happening but I know it is . ’ |
| 9 | Yes , but pretends he 's not watching and he looks over the top of his paper . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | But at moment she is n't working but she said |
| 12 | Brian Clough , the Forest manager , said : ‘ His contract was not expiring but he deserved a rise for the contribution he has made over the last 12 months -so he earned himself a new deal . ’ |
| 13 | The music , although still loud , was not blaring and someone had even made sandwiches , which were being passed around along with a cider and vodka mixture . |
| 14 | " Mary was n't looking and I found the experience very pleasant . |
| 15 | Right , erm I 've actually got down that erm you assumed that his wife was n't a tax pay sorry , his wife was n't a tax payer and you assumed that she was n't working but you did actually pick back up on that later that she was n't that she was n't going back to work after having the children so erm tt that is now irrelevant but it was at the time that you were saying it , that you did n't actually pick it up . |
| 16 | Cameras went wrong , George 's microphone was n't working and we had to start the show again , a light exploded . |
| 17 | The windscreen de-mister was n't working and he had to strain to see . |
| 18 | Cos last year he was n't working and he did n't spend a lot on her . |