Example sentences of "[verb] n't [vb pp] for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He has n't trained for a month and wo n't travel with the 18-man squad . |
| 2 | The kind of farcical spectacle pop has n't provided for a while , it had everything from Radio 1 getting in a tizzy about whether to ban it to TOTP carrying drug warnings , from ageing DJs singing along to the chorus to ageing rockers ( Francis Rossi of Status Quo ) crawling out of the woodwork to condemn it . |
| 3 | It is not difficult — though may be expensive — to hire a guide for a day ( or a week ) so that you find the best snow available at each time of the day and each season , whether it has n't snowed for a week or is blizzarding as you start the day . |
| 4 | She had n't planned for a witness , but it seemed that she had one ; the woman was over on the iron steps , watching her across the restaurant deck . |
| 5 | Of course , she had n't bargained for a hurricane . |
| 6 | ‘ I suppose you had n't bargained for a will ? ’ |
| 7 | And I so I , I went to the doctor just because I did n't go , had n't gone for a while |
| 8 | Although it had n't rained for a week , the path was slippery with mud , deadening sound . |
| 9 | So far they had n't applied for a search warrant to go over the boat , but Maurice did n't care if they did . |
| 10 | Then Sutton , says he , got narked and asked Pilger why he had n't applied for the editor 's job himself . |
| 11 | While we had n't asked for a film sample it 's worth knowing that all bureau should be able to offer this service — it can save time and money at the printing end . |
| 12 | He wrote to his sister , who he had n't seen for a year , as he had been travelling round Europe before joining the Legion . |
| 13 | ‘ In Swansea , I heard a chant I had n't heard for a while : ‘ Who beat the Wallabies ? ’ |
| 14 | right , I mean I 'm not quite sure how Coslow will go about things , I mean the reason we wanted someone from Coslow is cos we wanted someone from the Federation of Scottish Theatre cos we had n't heard for a while |
| 15 | But Anwar had n't catered for the fact that Changez had mastered the supreme art of sleeping sitting up . |
| 16 | Some of them looked as if they had only just risen from their beds , as if this was breakfast time to them ; others had the look of people who had n't slept for a week . |
| 17 | If she had n't known for a fact that he liked nothing about her she might have mistaken that note in his voice for admiration . |
| 18 | I have n't arranged for a secondary . |
| 19 | I have n't eaten for a week . |
| 20 | I have n't gone for the rack thing because if they can get that lot in a rack then go ahead ! |
| 21 | Landing with obstructions on the upwind side is particularly dangerous and is just the sort of error people tend to make when they have n't flown for a while . |
| 22 | Very busy I have n't stopped for a second . |
| 23 | No , I have n't done for a while see I |
| 24 | Now erm getting to those words yourself instead , I 'm sorry , things we have n't done for a week or two lots of word they 'll be lots of them in the exam I 'm telling you . |
| 25 | Many of the girls have n't played for a while . |
| 26 | ‘ Nothing really , ’ she murmured , wiping any crumbs away from the edges of her carefully painted mouth , ‘ just thinking that this is nice , that we have n't argued for the past half an hour or so . ’ |
| 27 | Girls at the back of the room , we have n't come for a chat . |
| 28 | He has become a famous dramatist , and the two brothers have n't spoken for a decade , as Alfred feels Michael has betrayed the family by travestying them in his plays . |