Example sentences of "[pron] [vb mod] n't [verb] [adv prt] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could n't lie down for five weeks ! |
| 2 | I dare n't look round for fear I should see |
| 3 | I would n't have missed doing this for the world , but I would n't sell up for another . |
| 4 | ‘ I would n't have missed doing this for the world , but I would n't sell up for another . |
| 5 | And I suspect that if we offered them counselling from cater good catering advice on how to maximise their market return they 'll do it because I would n't hang about for a meal if I knew that they would n't give you a meal in fifteen minutes , I 'd go and eat somewhere else . |
| 6 | ‘ There 's no reason why I ca n't go on for 200 goals and I do n't agree with the argument that you should retire at the top . |
| 7 | I know I ca n't go on for ever . |
| 8 | ‘ I did n't just wake up one morning and say ‘ Oh gee , I ca n't get in for a facial — I might as well have a baby ’ . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Why I wo n't speak up for fat people ’ by She-Devil star Julie T Wallace |
| 10 | WHY I WO N'T SPEAK UP FOR FAT PEOPLE ! |
| 11 | ‘ Listen , if you do n't tell me why you want to know , then I wo n't find out for you . ’ |
| 12 | I said to Dinda well there 's no reason why you should n't go out for a drink with him or |
| 13 | It 's a war , there is something to fight for ; you should n't stick up for Kylie , she should be fought at every turn . |
| 14 | I could n't believe it when I first , first year of marriage and when I got pregnant , er , we 'd walk into her , well it 's her daughter 's erm sitting room , she 'd struggle up out of an arm chair and I 'd think oh gosh , I know she must n't get up for me , got the tummy out here , |
| 15 | But she was more tired than she knew , and soon she began to wish that she had a suitcase to sit on ; but hers was on the rack in that tightly packed carriage , and she could n't go back for it . |
| 16 | I 'd have roasted Matilda 's bottom for her so she could n't sit down for a month ! ’ |
| 17 | I just cos when I see children like that and you know there 's nothing you can really do for them , you ca n't make up for the fact that they 've got a rotten home life and that 's top and bottom line that 's what it is ! |
| 18 | You ca n't sit around for ever . |
| 19 | No , you ca n't dash out for something to eat . |
| 20 | Tackling a black run in a blizzard was a worry , but when you only have a long weekend you ca n't hang around for the sun to shine . |
| 21 | Eventually , after about a week , her little head would pop up over the hill and watch me put out her food as I whistled , but she would n't come down for it until she felt the coast was clear . |
| 22 | They really did pick on her and the only reason was that she would n't stick up for herself . |
| 23 | She 's gon na have to one of these , I 'm not being funny but she ca n't stick up for herself , that girl ca n't . |
| 24 | Now she says that she wo n't go on for ever . |
| 25 | ‘ She says she wo n't go back for the operation now because of what happened . ’ |
| 26 | We could n't wait around for the magic day when the men turned to us and said , ‘ OK girls , now it 's your turn . ’ |
| 27 | " We ca n't stay in for ever , Stephen . |
| 28 | The boy 's father , Gavin Lodge , said : If I could get hold of these idiots they would n't sit down for a week . ’ |
| 29 | But maybe they 've got problems that they ca n't go back for ? |
| 30 | It may be worth investing in a course of vitamin supplements — they ca n't make up for a poor diet but they can provide a useful boost occasionally . |