Example sentences of "[coord] [v-ing] not [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She may know that her tears will relieve her tension more effectively than shouting back or pretending not to notice , or they may be tears of anger rather than the vulnerability so despised by her colleagues . |
| 2 | Someone might say : surely he can imagine recognising ( or having not recognised ) the person . |
| 3 | Many more left in the following months , either forcibly expelled by the occupying authorities or choosing not to live under Israeli military government . |
| 4 | In our experiments birds are trained to avoid motion by performing ( or learning not to perform ) a particular response such as pecking a key . |
| 5 | He had arrived , pale and markedly short of sleep , at seven-fifty and at eight-thirty had rung Penelope Huntley 's flat to find her barely awake , bad-tempered , vague and professing not to have made an appointment at all . |
| 6 | Her maids stood off at a slight distance , amongst the trees , talking quietly amongst themselves and pretending not to watch her , but she knew they were as inquisitive as she . |
| 7 | ‘ It all sounds highly organised , ’ said Melissa , piling whipped cream on her fromage blanc and pretending not to hear Iris 's scathing comments about cholesterol . |
| 8 | ‘ Nelly the Elephant ’ had just been chorus-interruptus as she was saying goodbye to the thingy , and a large girl in her mother 's dirndl skirt from IIIB was attacking the string round the paper with her teeth and pretending not to hear that the music had started again , when I felt the red drain out of my skirt and into my face . |
| 9 | The action by Kahn and fellow minority shareholders prompted a re-think as the recent Velcro annual report made clear : ‘ Upon hearing of the action and wishing not to become embroiled in US litigation , Cohere advised the company that it would reverse its previously announced decision and vote against the proposal . |
| 10 | She had stared down at him , feeling the hard disdain radiating from his muscular body and trying not to give way to the sheer physical power of the man . |
| 11 | Biting her lip with worry , and trying not to give way to her feelings of fear and trepidation , she looked up quickly as the door opened . |
| 12 | Oh well maybe I have to practise first without a ball just standing on one leg and waving the other leg about and trying not to fall over . |
| 13 | Hennessy was looking around and trying not to seem too pleased with himself . |
| 14 | We are waiting and trying not to lose faith , but you see we 're suffocating … oh my shiftless body . |
| 15 | They were drinking bottles of Coke and trying not to appear as if they were watching the hotel . |
| 16 | It was an apt time for the old dilemma of trying to forget where you were ( while being excited by the position ) and trying not to think about the uncertainties of the morrow ( while looking forward to them ) . |
| 17 | Amy was biting her lip and trying not to laugh . |
| 18 | Francis Morgan white-faced and dazed , Miss Williams supporting his elbow , equally white and trying not to cry . |
| 19 | It was an exhilarating meeting with her , because she was at her best and talking as she writes , and trying not to smile when she made us laugh . |
| 20 | Thérèse , lowering her lashes like a lacy brown veil and trying not to smile too obviously , did not look modest . |
| 21 | The Collector was both clutching at his face and trying not to clutch at it . |
| 22 | She stood by the window for some minutes , looking down into Hand and Ball Court , where an old tramp was feeling his way round the walls and trying not to catch people 's eyes . |
| 23 | The registrar was regarding me over the top of his spectacles and trying not to look at his watch . |
| 24 | Three men are buying furiously , and trying not to make waves . ’ |
| 25 | Any question of taking her into Penzance had to be abandoned and Harriet went off alone to do the weekly shopping , thankful to be able to leave Edna in charge of Celia and trying not to feel guilty that she actually preferred such expeditions without her daughter 's company . |
| 26 | You would , would you ? ’ said Bob with as much avuncular bonhomie as he could force out of himself , feinting punches back at them , turning them upside down , and trying not to scream and double up when Damian trod on his genitals . |
| 27 | Compilers of review volumes sometimes use all three , copying from many original papers and seeming not to realise that they refer to one and the same snail . |
| 28 | Finn muttered , reaching for his cigarettes but deciding not to light one when he saw the look of disapproval on the pathologist 's face . |
| 29 | As is usual in such cases her body trudged on obstinately , knowing that one foot hurt rather more than the other , but deciding not to admit this until some sort of objective was reached , while her mind , rejecting the situation in time and space , became disjointed and childish . |
| 30 | They landed on a ledge wide enough to hold them , the horse shivering with fear but knowing not to move at all . |