Example sentences of "[verb] [not/n't] [vb pp] for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Griffiths , who has not played for a month because of a rib injury , watched Cardiff overwhelm London Welsh on Saturday and is expected to train with the club next week . |
| 2 | Andersson has not played for a month but trained with United for the first time yesterday and made an instant impression . |
| 3 | ‘ She has not spoken for a month . |
| 4 | Professionals who are already in a powerful position over their patients or clients because of their superior knowledge can also induce a feeling of deference because the client has not paid for the service . |
| 5 | Unfortunately it has not paid for the creation of a large modern high-tech manufacturing sector or created permanent jobs in the service sector on anything like the scale required for the future . |
| 6 | If there is a contract and the seller has delivered to the buyer , the latter obtains ownership even though he has not paid for the item . |
| 7 | The difference between the French and English approaches to making mustard , technology apart , has not changed for a century . |
| 8 | He has n't trained for a month and wo n't travel with the 18-man squad . |
| 9 | The kind of farcical spectacle pop has n't provided for a while , it had everything from Radio 1 getting in a tizzy about whether to ban it to TOTP carrying drug warnings , from ageing DJs singing along to the chorus to ageing rockers ( Francis Rossi of Status Quo ) crawling out of the woodwork to condemn it . |
| 10 | It is not difficult — though may be expensive — to hire a guide for a day ( or a week ) so that you find the best snow available at each time of the day and each season , whether it has n't snowed for a week or is blizzarding as you start the day . |
| 11 | It had not rained for a week and the white dust of the road started to dull the shine of all the shoes . |
| 12 | He was proud that he , and others like him , had not fallen for the con-trick . |
| 13 | She had not pressed for a statement at Westminster out of respect to his family . |
| 14 | De Gaulle had not waited for the end of the war to formulate his proposal for the new German settlement . |
| 15 | The father had not applied for a Medjay to guard his house , giving as his reason that he had efficient men of his own to do the job . |
| 16 | His hand had not wavered for a moment . |
| 17 | The city accountant had compared Derry 's acreage , which had not changed for a century , with other Northern Ireland towns . |
| 18 | He had not shaved for a day or two , and there was fair stubble on his cheeks and jaw . |
| 19 | She had not come for the sake of experiencing a bush walk — and her willingness to help had been to gain time to carry out her plan , or rather , Aunt Bertha 's plan . |
| 20 | Dave was off with his hernia Ross , Wayne Lindsay we 've not seen for a year , I mean I know things have been difficult for the last year |
| 21 | ‘ I 've not come for a drink . |
| 22 | Our young labourer Kevin , whom I 've not mentioned for a while , gets the strenuous pick and shovel jobs . |
| 23 | She had n't planned for a witness , but it seemed that she had one ; the woman was over on the iron steps , watching her across the restaurant deck . |
| 24 | Of course , she had n't bargained for a hurricane . |
| 25 | ‘ I suppose you had n't bargained for a will ? ’ |
| 26 | And I so I , I went to the doctor just because I did n't go , had n't gone for a while |
| 27 | Although it had n't rained for a week , the path was slippery with mud , deadening sound . |
| 28 | So far they had n't applied for a search warrant to go over the boat , but Maurice did n't care if they did . |
| 29 | Then Sutton , says he , got narked and asked Pilger why he had n't applied for the editor 's job himself . |
| 30 | While we had n't asked for a film sample it 's worth knowing that all bureau should be able to offer this service — it can save time and money at the printing end . |