Example sentences of "[verb] not [verb] [adv prt] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He has not turned up for the past two meetings of the Supreme National Council , which he chairs and which is supposed to govern Cambodia , in conjunction with the UN , in the period up to the election . |
| 2 | He has not turned out for the village team since . |
| 3 | He has not turned out for the village team since . |
| 4 | So much so that Colin , being totally pissed off with the press , has n't turned up for the interview . |
| 5 | So much so that Colin , being totally pissed off with the press , has n't turned up for the interview . |
| 6 | I 've trained her , but she has n't gone in for the exams . |
| 7 | As well as contributing to Oslobodjenje Camo is editor-in-chief of Nedjelja , a weekly magazine published by the same company , but which has n't come out for the last three months . |
| 8 | Vincent decided not to hang about for the landlord , but head back on foot the way they had come . |
| 9 | In any case , he added , people did not show up for the political meetings , only arriving in time for the drinking afterwards . |
| 10 | Angry with Nutty for her pigheadedness and superior airs , Nails did not turn up for the next swimming lesson . |
| 11 | Although tankers did not come in for the attention they received in the 1980s , on 25 January Platt 's carried an account of an attack on an Iraqi tanker by US aircraft . |
| 12 | ‘ Give me your number and do not go out for the next half-hour . ’ |
| 13 | My sister and I were investments that did n't pay off for the income that is derived from investment is unearned income : having made that initial payment , the investor need make no further effort . |
| 14 | If you did n't watch out for the traffic |
| 15 | Even the compensation of going to the Saturday matinee on my own to see Buck Jones or Hoot Gibson and then again at night with Uncle Geordie and his wife to another picture house for the big film of the week — Clara Bow or Norma Talmadge or some star like that — did n't make up for the way Skipper kept eyeing me and slavering . |
| 16 | No I 'm stopping in with our kid , you know , and you could n't impose on , on so er if there was fisticuffs , fights , falling out , I 'll fetch our kid , I 'll fetch our wench , I mean there we you used to , honestly and truthfully , you , you used to feel it , you know erm because when there was any trouble , problems or like that there was always somebody to share it well it had the advantages in some ways , perhaps you was er had a little bit more luxuries than the f bigger family , but i in my mind that did n't make up for the companionship of brothers and sisters , no b b b b that , that 's w how I put it anyway . |
| 17 | ‘ The only reason I did n't sign up for the navy was because I could n't swim , ’ Tommy grumbled . |
| 18 | I was caught and summoned to the Latin master , who said to me , ’ Walker , you did n't turn up for the Latin exam . ’ |
| 19 | Messrs Shotton and Unsworth did n't turn up for the count . |
| 20 | It therefore did n't add up for the government or the CEGB to argue that nuclear power provided such an enormously valuable insurance cover . |
| 21 | I did n't stick around for the session . |
| 22 | But perhaps I give that impression because I have strong views on certain subjects and because I do n't go in for the social whirl , for fast cars and fast women . ’ |
| 23 | At the time and date arranged , he meets an old friend and decides not to turn up for the meal with his niece . |
| 24 | Mr Collor 's problem is that although money is no obstacle to his multi-million dollar campaign , it does not make up for the thousands of enthusiastic party militants campaigning for his rival . |
| 25 | ‘ The Army ought to start asking questions when she does n't turn up for the nest course at the Fort ’ George said hopefully . |