Example sentences of "not [v-ing] [conj] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | I 'm not demanding that you succeed , only that you try . |
2 | And those people that take or get extra , either their body is not producing or they want an extra bit for something so they can run a hundred yards at er in an extra five minutes . |
3 | ‘ You 're not suggesting that what happened to me this morning was attempted murder , are you ? |
4 | I 'm not suggesting that we chain Peter to Caliban for eighteen hours a day . |
5 | What I 'd like to do is to help them to see that they do n't need to give up on the computer , that they can actually be the master of it , although of course I do n't I 'm not suggesting that they become programmers — that would be to abdicate their function in another way — but certainly they can understand it , and I think of course it keeps coming back to this issue over and over again , an issue about education . |
6 | Surely you 're not suggesting that they had anything to do with his death ? ’ |
7 | I am not suggesting that you throw extravagant dinner parties every night when I advocate entertaining . |
8 | Live the natural way : No , I am not suggesting that you return to some sort of Tarzan and Jane existence , simply that you try and reduce your dependence on those mechanical things which sometimes seem to threaten to take over our lives . |
9 | I am not suggesting that you take this model too seriously . |
10 | So while I 'm not suggesting that you buy every gauge ( though that would be many a machine knitter 's idea of heaven , I guess ! ) , when working out what machine(s) you want for the yarns you want to knit most , look at the optimum yarn for each gauge . |
11 | I 'm not suggesting that you need to go quite this mad , but one , or perhaps two extra masts do make life so simple and easy . |
12 | I am not suggesting that he arrives at the meaning of Truth as the result of philosophical or metaphysical speculation in a vacuum . |
13 | And second , how dare she imply that those hundreds of thousands of people with a spinal injury throughout the world are not walking because they lack the will to do so . |
14 | Julia looked at David then and was a little surprised to see that he was not laughing as she had expected . |
15 | It is n't , you can put anything up you like , the only illegality is not applying after you 've done it , and when you apply after you 've done it , all we can do is consider the planning reasons , not the fact that you did it without permission . |
16 | I know perfectly well , but I 'm not explaining if she does n't know what I 'm talking about . |
17 | I try to pretend it is not happening but I know it is . ’ |
18 | Marie scrambled out of the sand-hills and ran along the bank , crashing her way through the tall , razor-edged grass , not minding if it cut her hands . |
19 | STAINI RACK NUUL Introspection ( sometimes prompted by birthdays ) that one is not living as one determined to live when one was very young ; or , on the other hand , realizing that one is living in a mode decided upon when one was very young and which is now no longer applicable or appropriate |
20 | Brian Clough , the Forest manager , said : ‘ His contract was not expiring but he deserved a rise for the contribution he has made over the last 12 months -so he earned himself a new deal . ’ |
21 | He still listened , but now I do n't think he was hearing me , not believing that I meant what I said . |
22 | They needed no second bidding but rode as fast as they could , not pausing until they thundered through the half-open gate of Godstowe Priory , putting the porter into such serious agitation he appeared almost sober for once . |
23 | As a matter of course she picked them up , spearing them with her fork and not pausing until she had collected them all , and replaced the lid . |
24 | ‘ Not too good , I 've heard , ’ said Greg , not adding that he had just been grilling the doctor who signed her second husband 's death certificate . |
25 | I believe firmly that John McEnroe is not lying when he says he sees the small print on a tennis ball , and Jackie himself has often referred to his vision as a paramount essential in driving . |
26 | But not going when you need to causes water absorption and hardening , and the longer the child holds on to a movement , the harder it will be — making the problem worse . |
27 | I 'm not going if you come up . |
28 | ‘ I do n't want a leader of the country who walks out on the job when things are not going as he wants . |
29 | Corbett tugged his cloak around him and strode back towards the priory building , not caring whether he shattered the peace of a convent where so many dark deeds had been committed . |
30 | And went down into the kitchen , whose door she boldly opened , not caring that it had been shut to bar her out . |