Example sentences of "[not/n't] [v-ing] [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | According to an industrial lobby , the Union of Producers and Consumers , the new currency is not reducing inflation and is not proving to be convertible . |
| 2 | Though the School was successful on the academic side , it was not proving to be financially worthwhile , and the establishment of Public Elementary Schools by the 1870 Education Act did nothing to help . |
| 3 | Some time later , she acknowledged that the task was not proving to be as easy as she had expected . |
| 4 | The fact that the social desirability of not appearing to be prejudiced is linked in discourse to its expression means that an analysis of the ideology , or the wider pattern of ideas , should not avoid the theme of ‘ prejudice ’ . |
| 5 | While Liz was nibbling pistachio nuts , surveying dominions , Shirley , hot , red and angry ( but not appearing to be angry ) was listening yet once more to her mother-in-law 's description of her digestive system and what the doctor had said about the swelling of her legs , a commentary which followed closely upon her complaints about the absence of her two older grandchildren who had ( in Shirley 's view very wisely ) buggered off to a disco at Maid Marian 's Nitespot . |
| 6 | It seemed a funny sort of freedom to me when all you saw was poor people working like crazy and getting poorer and rich people not appearing to be doing much of anything except remaining quietly rich |
| 7 | The man was not wanting to be interviewed , but such is the power of television that he had to agree . |
| 8 | Asked by Shultz one day to ‘ monitor Ollie ’ ( Shultz himself , it should be remembered , not wanting to be too exhaustively informed ) , Abrams asked North a few cursory questions . |
| 9 | The rest of them wriggled down in their seats , not wanting to be seen , not daring to say anything . |
| 10 | Fearing a more violent explosion of disagreement , pride in not wanting to be the first to make a move . |
| 11 | The abbot , Adam Sedbergh , not wanting to be associated with the insurrection and foreseeing its outcome , escaped from the abbey and hid amongst the crags on Witton Fell for several days . |
| 12 | ) Not wanting to be away from Previn for long periods , Mia crossed the Atlantic on a few weekends during the shooting . |
| 13 | If they did consent , and accepted the money — it was good pay for this area — they wandered off before he had half finished , not wanting to be classed as figures of fun like him . |
| 14 | The first promise of money would be hardest to get , but once it was in the bag the others , not wanting to be left out , would fall in line . |
| 15 | She sat at the window , looking out on the gardens , not wanting to be reminded of her ordeal as her two companions searched for any clues that might have been left . |
| 16 | During her pregnancy , Priss had read a great deal about past mistakes in child rearing ; according to the literature , they were the result not only of ignorance , but of sheer selfishness : a nurse or a mother who gave a crying child paregoric usually did it for her own peace of mind , not wanting to be bothered . |
| 17 | I remember definite feelings of not wanting to be felt sorry for , very much wanting everything to carry on as normal . |
| 18 | The younger the people get , I find that not wanting to be erm whatever , regionalist or anything like that , |
| 19 | In every way not wanting to be together . |
| 20 | They can avoid their friends and , when they see them , hide signs of distress , not wanting to be a ‘ nuisance ’ . |
| 21 | So did the Famlio thugs , after Pulvidon he snarled at them , not wanting to be out doing . |
| 22 | He turned on his heel , and she stumbled after him , not wanting to be alone in the eerie garden where even the birds had been subdued by the fog . |
| 23 | As for Margaret — well — ’ She paused , not wanting to be disloyal , then continued as Rune gave her a quick nod of encouragement . |
| 24 | Not wanting to attack , not wanting to be attacked . |
| 25 | Most of her boyfriends have been collected at a time of crisis in their lives , lame ducks , my father calls them , who tend to move on when they have reorganised their existence , not wanting to be taken over . |
| 26 | A pensioner walking his dog on the other side of the street quickened his pace , obviously not wanting to be there when the men in white coats came for me . |
| 27 | ‘ It is something to do with not wanting to be noticed . |
| 28 | She said this stiffly , not wanting to be accused of bragging — something else that had happened to her when she was a child , and she just stated a fact , or answered a question . |
| 29 | ‘ I ca n't do it ! ’ she had to tell her , and , when her sister 's look suddenly became hostile , ‘ I 'm sure if you wrote to Mr Gajdusek , or phoned him — or I could do it for you , ’ she volunteered hastily , not wanting to be bad friends with her , now of all times . |
| 30 | Is there something wrong with me , not wanting to be married ? |