Example sentences of "[v-ing] that she [be] [not/n't] " in BNC.

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1 Realising that she was n't following him , he came back , his whole manner suddenly , quite brutally antagonistic .
2 Peter Noonan has been patiently waiting in the wings for six years , and finally , whether it was seeing Terry so happy , realising that she was n't getting any younger , or the fact that I told her I was thinking of getting married , sh — ’
3 We did her the favour of pretending that she was not talking about her own lack of brains .
4 Had he emphasised the ‘ you ’ , implying that she was n't worth lying to , or had she simply imagined the insult ?
5 Merrill returned , wishing that she were n't quite so transparent .
6 She refused to collect any welfare benefits , saying that she was n't going to have DHSS snoopers visiting the caravan to see if she and Neil were sleeping together .
7 Mr when he gave evidence , assessed the parent 's contribution as quote absolutely amazing really , not just what they did to help the nurses but also in insisting that she was n't stupid , she just could n't talk they made it clear to the nurses and doctors that she could understand and we were n't to treat her like a vegetable .
8 Dr always insisting that she was n't campaigning for the legalization of cannabis .
9 Can he , after the row is made up and she has something for herself , be relinquished back to his car , knowing that she is not as greedy as he feared ?
10 She agreed to come and I took her first to the more brilliantly decorated one , not knowing that she was not only a very religious woman but also a girl who had been brought up in the strictest kind of convent — no heating , nothing for show .
11 " So are you keeping up your prayers to St Anthony ? " she would ask at the end of each interview , to which Sara would dutifully reply , " Yes , mother-in-law , " while knowing that she was not .
12 But like all such moments it came to an end , yet not before she had the satisfaction of knowing that she was not the only one affected .
13 He gave little thought to it then , reasoning that she was not in such grave earnest that she would actually attempt to turn her indignant dream into action .
14 The family of a woman who died from cancer are claiming that she was n't fed for four days while she was in hospital .
15 Rebecca recovered quickly from the shock of finding that she was not alone .
16 She stood up , and walked serenely down to the sea , holding her head high and thinking that she was n't sure she could endure another thirteen days in the company of this man .
17 I thought that was very interesting , for Richard had obviously never thought it worth mentioning that she was n't white .
18 He almost spoke her name , but quickly decided against doing so , realizing that she was not entirely conscious .
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