Example sentences of "[verb] [not/n't] [verb] [adv] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the main reason why interviews prove ineffective is that the interviewer has not been properly trained and has not prepared thoroughly for the task . |
| 2 | He has n't come here for the Portrush air and must not be written off . ’ |
| 3 | Signora De Amicis , carried along by her own enthusiasm , did not realise why they were laughing , and , being thus taken aback , did not sing well for the rest of the evening . |
| 4 | This stage of county court procedure was introduced in 1972 and was part of the response to criticism that the county court did not cater adequately for the resolution of small claims . |
| 5 | The day did not begin well for the lord of Swinbrook Manor . |
| 6 | The party 's anger and resentment at the limited nature of government action did not augur well for the smooth functioning of the Russian Parliament . |
| 7 | These provisions , of which only the barest summary has been given here , were very complex and , together with the inevitable uncertainty as to when compensation would be paid and how much it should be , resulted in a general feeling of uncertainty and discontent which did not augur well for the scheme . |
| 8 | If he was able to achieve this it did not augur well for the struggles against the three Indian spinners , who had variously been described as inexperienced and nebulous . |
| 9 | You will gather I mean it caught me unawares , and in fact it disturbed me that having a bit of a wobbly on something as simple as this did not bode well for the Devil 's Ridge , which The Munros book described as a section where ‘ some may welcome the security of a rope ’ . |
| 10 | The situation did not bode well for the rest of the week — a particularly difficult one in the gruelling programme . |
| 11 | This petulant and bureaucratic state of mind did not bode well for the conduct of a battle that was now plainly imminent . |
| 12 | It added dryly that heavy discounting by Texas Home Care in Scotland did not bode well for the sector , and included a range of profit downgrades — from previous forecasts of between £108m and £118m down to between £100m and £110m for this year , and between £110m and £125m for next year . |
| 13 | For a couple to be arguing so early in their relationship did not bode well for the future . |
| 14 | ‘ Which do you think , Egbert ? ’ she enquired dolefully , uncomfortably aware that the draught coming in the window did not bode well for the foulard . |
| 15 | It did not take long for the police to trace Mrs Dyer to Caversham where she was arrested . |
| 16 | It did not take long for the two of them to agree that cost-cutting and restructuring were required . |
| 17 | It did not take long for the Japanese to recognise the value of railways , and their natural imitativeness served them well in grasping the salient features of railway work . |
| 18 | Coltart , despite having a more fruitful year , did not play just for the money either . |
| 19 | I do not train specifically for the indoor season , but continue to carry out my normal programme of track endurance running , tyre-pulling and weight-training . |
| 20 | While these results do not argue strongly for the maternal depletion theory , the findings give it moderate support , attesting to a probable differential in fetal viability with the elapse of varying periods between pregnancies or births . |
| 21 | I did n't care much for the hens and geese but I had quite a high opinion of the pigs . |
| 22 | Of course , these would be the ones who did n't make straight for the pubs . |
| 23 | The bands started playing around 11 in the evening and , basically , people did n't go there for the music but to get a sleep if they lived too far out from central London to get home after the tubes had closed down for the night . |
| 24 | The unusual thing about this was that at Binbrook there was an engineering type called Matthew , a corporal , who also played this instrument , and it did n't take long for the two to discover each other . |
| 25 | It did n't take long for the cobwebs of sleep to clear and for her to realize that it was the fire-bell . |
| 26 | It did n't take long for the cracks to show . |
| 27 | ‘ Brian Gayle did n't defend well for the first goal and Gage did a Val Parnell act in the middle of the park to set up the lad for his second . ’ |
| 28 | I do n't care either for the way Marriner protracts the pauses in the second theme ( from 2′51″ ) — a rhetorical effect that impairs the music 's inexorable momentum . |
| 29 | Some of the neighbours , however , do n't care much for the spotters ' activities . |
| 30 | Homer does not go overboard for the stereotype of the well-meaning , but stressed carer who may snap once or twice out of exasperation . |