Example sentences of "not [v-ing] [subord] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Julia looked at David then and was a little surprised to see that he was not laughing as she had expected . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | I know perfectly well , but I 'm not explaining if she does n't know what I 'm talking about . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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; or , on the other hand , realizing that one is living in a mode decided upon when one was very young and which is now no longer applicable or appropriate |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | I 'm not going if you come up . |
| 12 | ‘ I do n't want a leader of the country who walks out on the job when things are not going as he wants . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | With his head turned his face was close to hers and he would stare right at her , maybe thinking nobody could see him in the dimness , or maybe not caring if they did . |
| 15 | In the privacy of her bedroom she grimaced in the direction of the voice and made her way downstairs , taking her time , not caring if he went grey in the process of waiting for her . |
| 16 | She 'd rather be seen as hopelessly naïve , and she voiced her feelings , suddenly not caring if she did seem that way . |
| 17 | Now I suppose this is just appealing to my sense of power or something , being able to walk in and take charge and in a minute or two they 've settled down and they 're not panicking because you 've arrived and all their burdens are on your shoulders and they do n't have to worry any more because the doctor 's there … this I find profoundly satisfying as long as I can , in fact , cope with what 's happening . |
| 18 | Your not waiting till you 've been up to London . |
| 19 | In that first heart-stopping moment when he realised that it really was her , his impulse had been to run to her , to grab her in his arms and smother her with kisses , to chide her for not waiting until he came back to make her his wife . |
| 20 | I mean , no , I 'm not kidding when you drag them from where I am , down to the scales that 's fucking hard work mate ! |
| 21 | Keith Ward of Physics , and myself , followed him around carefully noting his choices and resolutely not commenting lest we influence him . |
| 22 | No but then , no but they 're not saying when you get , when you |
| 23 | they 're not saying when you get high |
| 24 | But they 're not saying if they have Bosnia in mind . |
| 25 | So I take my time , not asking if he wants Cellophane gift-wrapping but just doing it really slowly and then I say I done the VAT wrong . |
| 26 | Some of the extreme cases ( such as the Yorkshire miners who would strike unless electricity were connected to their village ) did reach the public eye , and it became clear that Citrine was not fooling when he said there were many equally damaging examples for which the chairmen would insist on pinning the blame where it belonged — on government . |
| 27 | He had n't answered , just existed , staying there , stoical , not crying because you did n't cry . |
| 28 | A child in a bed nearby began to whimper and Dot wondered if not crying when you wanted to counted as being brave . |
| 29 | But we told him he stood a very real chance of not surviving if he went back on stage againy |
| 30 | A tiny patch of blue punctured the dark blanket of sky , and the sun peeped out from a corner of the horizon as they headed down the beach , not stopping until they reached a small rocky promontory shaded by bushy casuarinas . |