Example sentences of "[verb] not [verb] [adv prt] for [art] " 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 | Vincent decided not to hang about for the landlord , but head back on foot the way they had come . |
| 5 | Even when I arrived back at Thornfield , I did not go in for a while . |
| 6 | In any case , he added , people did not show up for the political meetings , only arriving in time for the drinking afterwards . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Angry with Nutty for her pigheadedness and superior airs , Nails did not turn up for the next swimming lesson . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Do not stand up for a few moments . |
| 11 | ‘ Give me your number and do not go out for the next half-hour . ’ |
| 12 | The purpose of having a timetable is so that all relevant information can be digested and acted upon , and so that bids do not carry on for an unreasonable length of time . |
| 13 | • 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 . |
| 14 | At the time and date arranged , he meets an old friend and decides not to turn up for the meal with his niece . |
| 15 | ‘ One does not go out for a meal just for the food , ’ he added , hardly improving the situation . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . ’ |