Example sentences of "[adv prt] for not " in BNC.
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| 1 | He received a dressing down for not keeping a proper guard . |
| 2 | It does not assume any proof demonstrating its validity , and therefore it can not be knocked down for not offering it . |
| 3 | ‘ Elise was delighted I rang , but gave me a terrible dressing down for not ringing before or sending a postcard . |
| 4 | He was n't very pleased with me , and told me off for not saying where I 'd moved to . |
| 5 | She told herself off for not being attentive enough , for not finding the right words to encourage him to go on . |
| 6 | It is … no defense of consigning either humans or animals to environments that ignore their biological , social , or psychological interests … to claim that these individuals do not know what they are missing and so can not be any worse off for not having it . |
| 7 | They could n't tell you off for not turning off the lights but you were n't meant to be out of your dorm or even out of bed . |
| 8 | Most men and women would be better off for not going to prison at all . |
| 9 | I told her off for not le not telling me she was ill . |
| 10 | He told us off for not taking him there |
| 11 | I told her off for not let not telling us she was ill and she said no , no I 'm fine . |
| 12 | The counsellor said , ‘ You are describing Sarah in a very loving and respectful way — but you sound angry when you say that you expect me to pull you up for not describing her as a lover , too . |
| 13 | ‘ And a holiday abroad each year to make up for not seeing you much over the past while ! ’ |
| 14 | They had acquired Isvik at a knock-down figure , spent about the same again completing the fitting of her out to their requirements , and Iain Ward had picked her up for not much more than they had originally paid for her . |
| 15 | In this study , the highest figure for gall stone recurrence is 26 ( diagnosed by either oral cholecystectography or ultrasonagraphy ) of 82 patients followed up for at least six months ( 60 of whom were followed up for not less than two years ) giving a crude recurrence rate of 31.7% which correspondes , by LTA , to a cumulative actuarial rate of 41.0 ( 7.2 ) % at 3.5 and subsequent years . |
| 16 | I 'm going to be knocked out for not staring as well . |
| 17 | I had to bawl those people out for not having due consideration to the effects of other human beings and the problems that they have . |
| 18 | It did n't seem to her that Timothy Gedge was trying to make a joke , yet it was amazing that he was saying all this just to pay them back for not being friendly or because he wanted a wedding-dress they would n't give him , or for any reason at all . |
| 19 | To yank someone entirely out of their time and smack them around for not being of our time is perhaps a salutary but only a limited exercise . |