Example sentences of "[prep] not [being] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was also one piece of the jigsaw that now slotted into place : before June died , he took LSD in controlled circumstances with a therapist : ‘ I became conscious of very early emotions about not being wanted — feeling that I was a problem to my family as an infant . ’ |
| 2 | Why did the Commission 's own publications catalogue the effects that NOx , SO&sub2 ; and ozone could have on trees , until ‘ one could scarcely but come to the conclusion that there is a strong connection between atmospheric pollution and damage , ’ yet ‘ we are still talking about not being satisfied . ’ |
| 3 | They went to Malaga , where Ken was upset about not being recognized and then left because after raising his voice he was being pestered by autograph-hunters . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm not disappointed about not being recognised , ’ the Incomparable One wrote . |
| 5 | She sniffed , and smiled a bit , but not too much because if there is one thing worse than someone who does n't understand you it 's someone who understands perfectly , before you 've had a chance to have a good pout about not being understood . |
| 6 | Dern said Jack was ‘ very pissed off ’ about not being allowed to play the role . |
| 7 | Susan was initially upset about not being allowed to have a nappy but mother 's persistence and confidence was quickly communicated to Susan and within three days she was happily using the lavatory to pass a motion . |
| 8 | ‘ I 've been home — got lots of grief about not being settled down with fourteen children — ’ |
| 9 | And the party was all the better for not being spoiled by a strike by lecturers which had been threatened earlier in the week . |
| 10 | BOGOTA ( Reuter ) — The Colombian government said it had rejected an offer last year from drug traffickers to give up the drug trade in exchange for not being extradited to the US , and firmly ruled out any dialogue with the traffickers . |
| 11 | Those ‘ in ’ the balloon — the infamous , the famous and the worthy — had to make the case for not being treated as ballast . |
| 12 | And most of those were anomalies , such as consolation prizes to Julie Andrews ( Mary Poppins , 1964 ) for not being cast in the screen version of My Fair Lady ; and to John Wayne ( True Grit , 1969 ) , whose only other nomination in forty years was for a war movie ( Sands of Iwo Jima , 1949 ) . |
| 13 | It is a sad day when we are grateful for not being abused in this house , but it 's about all we have to be thankful for until this wretched system is altered , root and branch . |
| 14 | One of them , an ageing villain named Alfred Mathews , was subsequently found and arrested , and in exchange for not being prosecuted , agreed to turn Queen 's evidence and name his accomplices : David Cooper , Michael McMahon and Patrick Murphy , all petty thieves from the East End but with no record of violence . |
| 15 | Emily found herself inundated with people wanting to make orders and cursed herself for not being prepared . |
| 16 | Both for not being prepared , not giving the opening of this course the importance that it did deserve , and obviously for the embarrassment that er you must have felt having to sit there while I made a total fool of myself . |
| 17 | If , as Le Corbusier suggested , a house is a machine for living in , cluster housing is a machine for not being murdered in . |
| 18 | Newcomers to the Left could be forgiven for not being acquainted with the tactics of the Communists and with the tortuous and unedifying relationships within the United Front . |
| 19 | Twenty-nine volumes , 5¾ X 3¾ ins. , whose small print must have been difficult to read by lamp or candle light , have survived and if these are typical of the whole library one might be forgiven , in 1984 , for not being surprised by the short life of the Society . |
| 20 | It is ironical that the father of the STV , Thomas Hare , recommended his system on the grounds among others that it would safeguard the most eminent parliamentarians from the risk of not being re-elected . |
| 21 | A few days later I did question Shadwell about the possibility of not being covered in shit for my debut as a professional actor . |
| 22 | SFA or SIB membership has the advantage of not being limited to " arranging deals " , but of covering all potential investment business activities . |
| 23 | It was after my tragic visit to Croisset and the humiliation of not being received , after the brutality , the pain and the horror of it all . |
| 24 | Fear of not being accepted . |
| 25 | It was all there , just as it had been the previous night : the exhilaration , the mounting excitement , the warm , wonderful sensation of not being isolated and lonely . |
| 26 | But apparently I have to feel The Bump three or four times a day or be found guilty of Not Being Involved as a Father , or worse still , of this darkly Freudian offence called Denial . |
| 27 | He had perfected the technique of not being noticed to a fine art . |
| 28 | If all the syndicates were to be fully reserved on a basis on which Names could be confident of not being called for further sums , Chatset estimates that reserves of £1.5bn would have to be increased to £3.5bn . |
| 29 | Simply the pleasure of not being seen and bothered with . |
| 30 | I have n't got that problem , the problem of not being recognized . |