Example sentences of "[v-ing] [coord] [pron] [be] not " in BNC.
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| 1 | Either it is raining or it is not raining . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'm not milling about , I 'm not lurking and I 'm not amassing , ’ Otley said vehemently as Nigel pleaded with him yet again . |
| 3 | it 's a tangent it 's just another thing to be aware of er that certain put their exam but it 's along the same thing cos I know what 's happening and they 're not writing G C S E but they 're writing exam entries so many pupils x number of subjects so many passes okay ? |
| 4 | Well , I think we should tell national office that this is , you know , this is happening and it 's not on ! |
| 5 | On the preliminary issue the judge dismissed the application holding that a local authority could sue for libel in respect of its governing or administrative reputation even though no financial loss was pleaded or alleged , that where a local authority instituted proceedings in reliance on section 222(1) of the Local Government Act 1972 it was for the local authority to decide on the expediency of litigating and it was not the court 's function to do so on an application to strike out , and that since the words complained of reflected on the local authority itself in the management and rectitude of its financial affairs , the statement of claim did disclose a cause of action against the defendants . |
| 6 | THE BARE STONE WALLS OBVIATED THE NEED FOR WALLCOVERING AND IT WAS NOT UNTIL THE ASHLEYS MOVED TO THEIR NEXT HOUSE THAT THEY PRESSED AHEAD WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF WALLPAPER . |
| 7 | ‘ I 've never been interested in driving and I 'm not going to start now , ’ said Liz , who works at Courtaulds Electrical Insulation at Runcorn in the UK . |
| 8 | The expansion of forestry by means of a policy of attrition and isolation of farms is occurring but it is not necessarily a process which in the long term will lead to a reasonable balance of land use . |
| 9 | ‘ They say that pain is good for writing and I 'm not sure about that , but I guess my trouble is I do n't know how to keep a distance . |
| 10 | These whiskers are sensitive not only to touch but to taste , so the fish can tell what on the river bed in front of its mouth is worth eating and what is not . |
| 11 | it 's stopped raining and it 's not raining or anything . |
| 12 | I am waiting and it is not a time for you to be chatting . |
| 13 | he 's just saying no but they 're really good and I 'm going but they 're not , they 're rubbish . |
| 14 | Other wheels are turning but they are not our concern . |
| 15 | You are kind of dozing but you are not asleep because you ca n't get to sleep because there is a needle sticking in your arm and you have got a drip going on and they come and change the bag and you are constantly feeling sick . |
| 16 | People are either not coming or they 're not spending as much . |
| 17 | Now that seems to me , that might induce er slightly might do , but I could I I think that , wha I what I thought you were saying was different from what you ended up saying and I 'm not sure which |
| 18 | Well that , that 's what I 'm saying is that , I think what we have to start doing and I 'm not suggesting you 're not doing , but I just want to talk about this in , before we practically kick off on the course proper , I think what , I mean that comes off , and then the oil starts dripping out of it , and the minute the oil starts dripping out , then we become quite a good artist are n't we ? |
| 19 | And I was saying but I 'm not cos I mean like day weeks he goes yeah but you 're just as bad as all the rest of them , you would be and he would n't say anything , you know , he would n't even tell me that . |
| 20 | It is running but it 's not showing us anything |
| 21 | This is extremely time consuming and it is not always easy to tell whether the grains are what you think if they are not well-preserved . |
| 22 | I was told that the new drug I was given was better than the one I had been previously taking and I was not warned about any side effects or told not to get pregnant . |
| 23 | I was told that the new drug I was given was better than the one I had been previously taking and I was not warned about any side effects or told not to get pregnant . |
| 24 | You just sit there thinking you 're taping and you 're not . |
| 25 | Well we 're not stopping but we 're not going anywhere . |
| 26 | I was fighting but it was not enough , ’ Edberg said . |
| 27 | Well , they 're trying but they 're not sure whether they will be successful . |
| 28 | So it 's basically Age Concern saying they 're quite happy and the staff are quite happy about transferring but they 're not happy on taking on board , er , er , potential redundancy liability which has arisen because they will employ these people directly . |
| 29 | I mean , as you say , there 's very few companies that offer any form of benefit to housewives , they 're either working or they 're not , they have a Health Master , or not . |
| 30 | The exception is important as it avoids having to repeat descriptions on the plant schedule and makes clear what we are covering and what is not covered . |