Example sentences of "[vb mod] [not/n't] answer for [art] " in BNC.

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1 Taken by surprise , she could not answer for a moment and than said angrily , ‘ If you knew , why did n't you say something before ? ’
2 Indeed , I remember warning her , half in joke , half in earnest , that I could not answer for the new Government lasting more than six weeks .
3 Emma closed her eyes but for the moment she could n't answer for the throbbing in her throat .
4 We came here to Siena , where I have been before , though to a different house , to visit my husband who accompanied the Brownings last month , the doctor having ordered Mrs Browning to be taken out of this city or he would not answer for the consequences .
5 You ca n't answer for the other officers but you can answer for yourself .
6 ‘ If you persist in clinging to me in that limpet-like way , Caroline , I will not answer for the consequences … ’
7 While we are happy to answer any queries about our own products , we can not answer for the content of other publisher 's works .
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