Example sentences of "[modal v] [not/n't] [verb] it for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The hair on his face was untrimmed , and his nose had spread with drinking , but the weather-hard skin was not the skin of a drunkard , and if the hair on his temples was thinning , you could not see it for the leather fillet he wore . |
| 2 | ‘ You could n't stand it for a second . ’ |
| 3 | Batty could n't make it for the second half against Villa after a recurrence of a calf injury he received against Wimbledon last Saturday . |
| 4 | well you could but you could n't sell it for a reasonable price . |
| 5 | My life has changed and I live around the horses and would n't change it for the world now . |
| 6 | have ever gone into nursing now because she said I would n't do it for a grant . |
| 7 | ‘ And I 'd only go out with someone I really liked — I would n't do it for the sake of it . |
| 8 | ‘ I would n't miss it for the world . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I would n't miss it for the world . ’ |
| 10 | I would n't miss it for the world . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I would n't miss it for the world ! ’ she replied , smiling . |
| 12 | As for this weekend 's display , Gary would n't miss it for the world . |
| 13 | Michael says it 's ‘ very decent ’ of them ; Nick says he would n't miss it for the world . |
| 14 | His rubbery face twisted into an unpleasant sniff , as he added , ‘ I would n't recommend it for a honeymoon . |
| 15 | You ca n't beat it for a breath of fresh air — wing walking . |
| 16 | We discussed erm erm other places for people to meet et cetera has actually been closed down , some some problem with the is n't it , erm but they ca n't use it for the public so erm that was , it was just left that we 'll have another meeting in March and looking around for alternative places to meet , but that 's all to report on that . |
| 17 | Er what I actually mean is whenever you have an idiom , you can substitute in the position of a whole sentence or of a verb phrase , but you ca n't substitute it for a subject and a verb , leaving the object of the sentence intact . |
| 18 | I think the only other way of doing it is n't it is to say we wo n't do it for every course initially . |
| 19 | ‘ To be honest , I could n't even say when I 'm going to be back but I 've got to realistically think I wo n't make it for the European Cup . ’ |
| 20 | He wo n't need it for a bit if this weather goes on . |
| 21 | And if someone writes in another language , you wo n't get it for a long time . |
| 22 | It can not be partly certain because the tenant can determine it at any time and partly uncertain because the landlord can not determine it for an uncertain period . |