Example sentences of "[not/n't] [v-ing] [conj] it [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would seem to cover the situation where the accused takes the victim 's umbrella dishonestly and the victim buys back the umbrella , not realising that it is his own . |
| 2 | I DISCOVERED OIL pastels one Christmas when kindly relation bought me a large box after hearing that I painted in pastels ; not realising that it was the soft chalk variety that I used . |
| 3 | ‘ I liked the coffee tonight , ’ he said , not allowing that it was the same instant coffee as ever , and to deserve the goodness she determined to go up to Soho tomorrow for some beautiful fresh espresso beans . |
| 4 | He is not suggesting that it is ‘ thought ’ that is the main determining force . |
| 5 | I am not suggesting that it is proven that our motives , reasons and purposes are not themselves reducible to mechanically operating causal factors , as a fully determinist model would have it ; but if that is the case , we are so far from being able to specify these factors that they do not offer a model we can actually work with — as we saw in the discussion of positivist criminology in Chapter 2 . |
| 6 | We are not suggesting that it was a good thing that a flock of kids roosted on Mr Jones 's garden fence . |
| 7 | She 'd fixed the place where he 'd been , stooped to pick up her baggage , and gone after him , not doubting that it was he . |
| 8 | Now it is standing at a huge sum , growing rapidly , and it is still not going where it is needed ’ . |
| 9 | I 'm not going if it 's frosty ! |
| 10 | Now they are exchanging information right away , and not waiting till it is published two years later in a scientific journal . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ As Londoners , desperately worried about the present route of the Channel tunnel , what do we say to those who think the Talis alternative is beneficial ? ’ — Chris Fraser , Peckham ‘ Out of the huge crowd of demonstrators , a woman ran out and thrust a baby in my arms — then she vanished ’ — Kenneth Clarke , Secretary of State for Health ‘ Polluted rivers , filthy streets , bodies bedded-down in doorways are no advertisement for a prosperous or caring society ’ - Michael Heseltine ‘ We know that God has endowed her with that great quality of not fidgeting when it is necessary to come to grips with prickly nettles … |
| 12 | But in any case I 'm not complaining if it 's back to the days of sitting downstairs with a brandy and soda while midwives rush about boiling water and collecting towels . |
| 13 | I 'm not saying whether it 's right or wrong , but how did you get to it ? |
| 14 | I 'm not saying that it is necessarily trivialising to talk to interviewees about their clothes , it 's just that you do n't find the male presenters on Rock Steady talking to Phil Collins about his suits ! |
| 15 | ‘ He said ‘ I am not saying that it is happy but the treatment has been unfair and exaggerated in the papers ’ . ’ |
| 16 | Even if but I 'm not saying that it 's er the proper type of training that we would like to s |
| 17 | Yes , I 'm not saying that it 's perfect and they do their whack , I did n't say that . |
| 18 | Do n't get me wrong I 'm not saying that it was a good idea to sell Batts , on the contrary it was stupid and short sighted by the board but life goes on and if ( no when ) we beat Wednesday this weekend everyone will be a little happier . |
| 19 | Well , I just ca n't see how your accounts would let you get away with not saying if it 's okay . |
| 20 | I liked the idea of people not knowing whether it 's a man or a woman who 's done the painting . |
| 21 | Jack grabbed her arm , not knowing whether it was for protection or reassurance . |
| 22 | Then I 'd lain rigid , like the man under the pendulum , not knowing whether it was dawn or midnight . |
| 23 | Stephen nodded , not knowing if it was against the law or not , and not much caring . |
| 24 | Born , they held it like a long skinned thing and for a moment she stared at it hanging in the air not knowing if it was alive or dead , good or bad , not believing it was over . |
| 25 | ‘ Hardly ! ’ she retorted quickly , not knowing if it was true or not . |
| 26 | Yes but it 's not It 's not hurting but it 's disturbing you know ? |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | So the , the May the fourth directive is not working because it 's not guaranteeing that the poor get enough to bring them up to the middle peasant status which is , is the aim . |
| 29 | I was n't listening and it was important that I should have picked that up . |
| 30 | We thought you were n't coming but it 's wonderful you got here . ’ |