Example sentences of "[verb] not [verb] [noun sg] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He is very meticulous and quite demanding , and has n't got time for people who do n't know their job . ’ |
| 2 | Those who claimed a break-even or loss situation did not make allowance for home produced food . |
| 3 | Such a clause in a contract to supply building materials to a building contractor did not exclude liability for damages payable by the contractor to sub-contractors as a result of delay in delivery ( Croudace Construction Ltd v Cawoods Concrete Products Ltd [ 1978 ] 2 Lloyd 's Rep 55 ) . |
| 4 | success rate of this operation did not represent value for money' . |
| 5 | Only one farmer did not have grass for grazing . |
| 6 | During the first six months , only a very small number of patients ( 11.11% ) did not require dilatation for recurrence . |
| 7 | I wish I 'd brought the environment committee before so I could quote from it but from er recollection it says that that organisation did not have a consistent record of producing a significant number of jobs and that the expenditure on funding them did not provide value for money . |
| 8 | ( Some countries do not pay compensation for damage . ) |
| 9 | If I and many members of the Institute do this because Institute courses and publications do not offer value for money , this can only cause the Institute 's already poor financial situation to deteriorate . |
| 10 | Otto Reinhold , an East German ideologue , reinforced this gloomy view by insisting : ‘ We do not want reform for reform 's sake , but changes which will help the further development of socialism ’ . |
| 11 | Occasionally leases do not require consent for sub-letting and this may be a more suitable structure . |
| 12 | By contrast , ‘ born in Asia ’ is an excellent match for areas where people do not use electricity for cooking . |
| 13 | Unlike many terrorists , Iranian or Iranian-linked groups often do not claim responsibility for atrocities they commit . |
| 14 | Some normal household policies do not include cover for fish tanks and damage arising from the water which will inevitably pour on the floor . |
| 15 | I personally do not have time for delays in this operation , and my approach has been ratified at the highest levels . |
| 16 | Er , if anybody has , did n't have spinach for lunch , I have a purloined thing of scissors . |
| 17 | People did n't have money for taxis so we took limousines . |
| 18 | Defries did n't have time for talk . |
| 19 | If they did n't have food for breakfast for us , they would n't wake us up in the morning . |
| 20 | It did n't take imminence for Jezrael to know that violence was only skin-deep in each of the three men , hidden like lava , waiting to erupt . |
| 21 | Maybe in ten , fifteen years the situation may change , but I do n't think enlargement for enlargement 's sake is going to be of benefit to the E C. |
| 22 | You do n't want equality for women . |
| 23 | A recent survey by law firm Eversheds shows that a quarter of senior executives of medium and large-sized companies are considering changing their accountants , bankers or solicitors because they do n't get value for money . |
| 24 | You need a certain kind of front to breeze in from an alternative reality in the back of a time-travelling Volvo and sit in a Presley City bar , with a two-headed nipper on your lap , complaining to a private dick from the twenty-fifth century that you do n't have time for nonsense . |
| 25 | ‘ I do n't have time for games , Lori . |
| 26 | ‘ I do n't have time for lunch , ’ said Sara . |
| 27 | When asked several times for an explanation he eventually said very plaintively , ‘ Daddy , you do n't say grace for porridge ! ’ |
| 28 | Initial collection needed the greatest care and early in his correspondence with Bartram , Collinson expressed disappointment because plants of Cypripedium , ladies slipper , had not survived transport for want of proper attention at the outset . |
| 29 | Zambia had not seen Alix for months , ever since she 'd set up home with the kid with prosthetic limbs who claimed his disfigurement was due to a variety of fantasies , all of which were subject to detail change , and none of which ever sounded convincing . |
| 30 | She had not had money for clothes , and neither the time nor the inclination to experiment with make-up and other items of fashion . |