Example sentences of "[pron] do not [verb] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do not think for a moment that the Letter of Aristeas should be taken as a Festal Scroll , something like the Book of Esther , to be read in the Alexandrian synagogues every year on the day on which ( as we know from Philo ) the Alexandrian Jews commemorated the translation ( De vita Mosis 2.41 ) . |
| 2 | I do not suggest for a moment that I have described every interesting object within binocular range , but I think that there is enough variety here to satisfy most people . |
| 3 | ‘ I do not imagine for a minute that someone of your ability will have come here without prying into my background . |
| 4 | I do not concede for a moment that this is a devolution measure . |
| 5 | No criticism of the appellants is to be made in that respect because , alive to the problem , they had applied to the registrar for directions ; it was as a result of his directions , which I do not question for a moment , that the appeal came before this court . |
| 6 | I do not believe for a moment that , with unemployment heading towards three million , the benefits would be significantly dissipated by higher inflation , any more than were the benefits of depreciation in the early 1980s . |
| 7 | I do not believe for a moment that in the future we shall allow millions of our fellow-countrymen , through no fault of their own , to pass through life ill-housed , ill-clothed , ill-fed , ill-educated . |
| 8 | I do not deny for a moment that about 0.01 per cent . |
| 9 | There are very particular financial strains for those who are divorced or separated who do not qualify for a special pension like a widow . |
| 10 | Married women and widows who do not qualify for a basic pension in their own right may be entitled to a basic pension on their husband 's contributions at about 60 per cent of the level to which he is entitled ( see ‘ Pensions for women ’ at the end of the chapter ) . |
| 11 | If you do not weigh for a year and you eat just an extra 500 calories each day during that time , you will have put on a full 45 lb ( 21.8 kg ) ; rather a nasty shock ! |
| 12 | Either way , they would see no increase in their direct taxes under Labour , provided they do not work for a living . |