Example sentences of "[v-ing] but it [be] not " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | People always think we ignore them when they 're waiting but it is n't really like that . |
| 3 | It is running but it 's not showing us anything |
| 4 | If they were going along trying to open shop doors , they could go in as a suspected person loitering but it was n't looked upon very favourably by the courts . |
| 5 | I was fighting but it was not enough , ’ Edberg said . |
| 6 | And , well , I just felt it had been worth trying but it was n't going to work . |
| 7 | Or if they do evaluate then it 's to say it 's not working but it 's not our fault , there could n't possibly be anything wrong with our thinking on this subject or this issue . |