Example sentences of "[verb] not [verb] [adv] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even when I arrived back at Thornfield , I did not go in for a while . |
| 2 | When mortality for both sexes in infancy and childhood was great , as it was at the beginning of the century , it did not take long for a cohort to advance up the age scale before females outnumbered males . |
| 3 | They did , however , provide a good deal of entertainment for the rest of the group and would be missed if they did not turn up for a game . |
| 4 | ‘ Moreover ’ , it says , ‘ in the last recessionary cycle the peak in business failures did not occur until some 18 months after the recession ended and even then the level of insolvencies did not reduce significantly for a further years . ’ |
| 5 | Do not stand up for a few moments . |
| 6 | You must follow closely mortals ; watch the light that falls from our spears , and do not turn aside for a moment . |
| 7 | • If you wake during the night ( sometimes because you need to empty your bladder ) then return to bed and relax as soon as possible , Do not get up for a cup of tea or snack as this will give misleading information to your body clock . |
| 8 | The 31-year-old ex-paratrooper 's prize for retaining his title at Wembley on Saturday night was £10,000 , which does not go far for a full-time body builder who downs half a dozen eggs after his breakfast cereal and eight to 10 chicken breasts a day when ‘ bulking up ’ . |
| 9 | ‘ One does not go out for a meal just for the food , ’ he added , hardly improving the situation . |
| 10 | But give him his due , he does not give up for a scratch or two , and not even a dagger could hold him off for ever . ’ |
| 11 | All of this does not mitigate well for a prospective owner to take on the airframe in an easily-delivered and/or operational manner . |
| 12 | The obsessive vision that propels and sustains Birdy on his long night has a once-in-a-lifetime quality about it , a quirkiness that does not augur well for a successor … |