Example sentences of "[verb] not [verb] [pron] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have been asked not to say anything for security reasons . |
| 2 | My index finger was sleeved in frost and I dared not bend it for fear of splitting the skin . |
| 3 | ‘ It did not do anything for manufacturing investment . |
| 4 | The book goes on to quote Stephen Jay Gould , the noted Harvard palaeontologist , as saying : We avoid the excellent question , What good is 5 percent of an eye ? by arguing that the possessor of such an incipient structure did not use it for sight . |
| 5 | For example , we would be surprised if the police did not wear a particular uniform or if a traffic warden did not book us for parking on a yellow line . |
| 6 | Even among that cosmopolitan crowd I felt awkward in my 1990s rented Renault runabout , but Berlin airport did not have anything for hire with half-tracks at the back , no period Kubelwagen Type 82 staff cars , a Schwimmwagen perhaps , or what I might have really gone for — an old Humber Super Snipe finished in khaki with white mudguards . |
| 7 | He did not qualify him for income support , he supported him on to the back of his ass , he took him to the inn . |
| 8 | As I say when you become a councillor you do not do it for money , I mean I think probably to be a better reason to become a councillor these days . |
| 9 | It affects your job , your job prospects , your family life and the hidden costs , such as letters , telephone calls leaflets and the rest of it , you do not do it for money . |
| 10 | That may be the competitive advantage that the hon. Gentleman wants for his constituents , but I do not want it for mine . |
| 11 | These do not concern us for Kursk guberniia , which was almost exclusively Great Russian and Orthodox , but the traditional independence of the Old Believer elements in the Siberian peasantry must not be forgotten . |
| 12 | Of course , policmen never think of paying for what they buy and we do not ask them for money . |
| 13 | If the court adjourns the hearing of an application in accordance with regulation 143 but does not refer it for inquiry and report , then — ( a ) within 21 days of the adjournment , the unassisted party shall file an affidavit of costs and resources together with original exhibits and any other documents necessary to support the affidavit ; and ( b ) not less than 21 days before the adjourned hearing , the unassisted party shall serve notice on the area director of the date and time of the adjourned hearing together with a copy of his affidavit of costs and resources ( and of any exhibits and supporting documents ) . |
| 14 | I have a pretty good idea what Charlotte 's just-a-handful of also ran last-among-equals might be , although the press release does not name them for fear of diminishing the glory of Verbier 's triumph . |
| 15 | Because the infant is unwanted by one or two people at one point in time does not qualify it for extermination . |
| 16 | And our agreement does not provide us for time off with pay for an event such as this . |
| 17 | ‘ A part of your father 's gift I think you have , if you can learn not to deface it for spite because I am in the same world with you . ’ |
| 18 | Mhm and then she 'll feel she 's not had anything for Christmas . |