will not be VERBing

To find which present participles are most common with the Future progressive negative, we do a search in iWeb corpus for:

wo|will _X be _VVG

1 GETTING 2959 2 GOING 2821 3 USING 2817 4 USING 2040 5 MAKING 1550


6 WILL NOT BE RETURNING 1537

Mamamia
Kim Cattrall will not be returning as Samantha.

8 WILL NOT BE GOING 1461
9 WON’T BE SEEING 1349
10 WILL NOT BE MAKING 1299
11 WON’T BE TAKING 1252
12 WON’T BE COMING 1234
13 WON’T BE PLAYING 1189
14 WILL NOT BE GETTING 1162
15 WILL NOT BE TAKING 1100
16 WILL NOT BE ATTENDING 926

The governor has left town 

and will not be attending 

the local Labour Day barbecue as planned.

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17 WON’T BE NEEDING 822
18 WILL NOT BE BUYING 808
19 WILL NOT BE COMING 714
20 WON’T BE LOOKING 672
21 WON’T BE RETURNING 671
22 WON’T BE RUNNING 623
23 WILL NOT BE PLAYING 544
24 WON’T BE HAPPENING 522
25 WON’T BE GIVING 508
26 WILL NOT BE RUNNING 483
27 WON’T BE PAYING 479
28 WON’T BE WORKING 464
29 WON’T BE SPENDING 453
30 WILL NOT BE WORKING 444
31 WON’T BE LEAVING 435
32 WILL NOT BE ACCEPTING 426
33 WON’T BE CHANGING 424
34 WILL NOT BE OFFERING 424
35 WON’T BE PUTTING 420
36 WILL NOT BE PAYING 387
37 WILL NOT BE PROVIDING 385
38 WILL NOT BE RECEIVING 370
39 WILL NOT BE RELEASING 362
40 WILL NOT BE PURCHASING 357
41 WON’T BE MOVING 357
42 WON’T BE TRYING 341
43 WON’T BE MISSING 338
44 WILL NOT BE LOOKING 335
45 WILL NOT BE JOINING 331
46 WILL NOT BE GIVING 329
47 WILL NOT BE CHANGING 328
48 WON’T BE WEARING 321
49 WON’T BE ATTENDING 315
50 WON’T BE WATCHING 309
51 WILL NOT BE LEAVING 307
52 WON’T BE WASTING 302
53 WILL NOT BE SEEING 296
54 WILL NOT BE MOVING 295
55 WON’T BE SELLING 295
56 WON’T BE JOINING 290
57 WILL NOT BE PERFORMING 286
58 WON’T BE SITTING 282
59 WON’T BE ADDING 279
60 WILL NOT BE SELLING 277
61 WILL NOT BE RENEWING 276
62 WON’T BE EATING 276
63 WON’T BE WAITING 270
64 WON’T BE DRIVING 260
65 WON’T BE HOLDING 260
66 WILL NOT BE PARTICIPATING 255
67 WILL NOT BE PUTTING 244
68 WON’T BE TALKING 244
69 WILL NOT BE COMMENTING 237
70 WILL NOT BE APPEARING 233
71 WON’T BE COVERING 229
72 WILL NOT BE SENDING 226
73 WON’T BE STAYING 223
74 WILL NOT BE STAYING 220
75 WON’T BE POSTING 219
76 WILL NOT BE SEEKING 216
77 WILL NOT BE COMPETING 216
78 WON’T BE PURCHASING 214
79 WON’T BE STARTING 212
80 WON’T BE REPLACING 206
81 WILL NOT BE ADDING 200
82 WON’T BE EXPECTING 198
83 WON’T BE SHOWING 196
84 WON’T BE THINKING 196
85 WON’T BE HEARING 195
86 WON’T BE FIGHTING 189
87 WON’T BE WINNING 188
88 WON’T BE ASKING 187
89 WON’T BE ORDERING 186
90 WON’T BE COMPETING 182
91 WILL NOT BE COVERING 180
92 WILL NOT BE POSTING 179
93 WON’T BE BRINGING 178
94 WILL NOT BE HAPPENING 178
95 WILL NOT BE ORDERING 178
96 WON’T BE SENDING 175
97 WON’T BE LOSING 174
98 WON’T BE RELEASING 170
99 WON’T BE WALKING 169
100 WILL NOT BE OPERATING 168


A2 verbs:
adding, bringing, covering, happening, holding, joining, losing, missing, moving, offering, ordering, posting, receiving, returning, selling, spending, trying, winning
B1:
accepting, appearing, attending, competing, expecting, fighting, operating, performing, providing, replacing, wasting

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