Example sentences of "[not/n't] [v-ing] [conj] they be [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | People are either not coming or they 're not spending as much . |
| 2 | When they reach the base of the cliff they leap out of the waves , scrabbling for a foothold and not stopping until they are well out of reach of the sea . |
| 3 | The brother and sister kissed goodbye , not knowing that they were never to see each other again . |
| 4 | I am not alleging that they are mechanically unsafe , but when people go to parties or dances they find that some of the buses are not clean and up to the standard that they had come to expect when buses were under local authority control . |
| 5 | No , but we 're not , we 're not arguing that they 're not working . |
| 6 | I disliked these two intensely and did n't like being told off for being rude to them , so I told her peevishly that I was n't staying while they were there and kicked off the slippers , put on my clogs and ran out banging the door behind me . |