Example sentences of "[not/n't] for [adj] minute " in BNC.
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| 1 | How can her eyes and hands and breasts meet and mingle and Lucy say categorically , like not for one minute or second or fleeting flit of time , never never never had she been in love . |
| 2 | He had not for one minute , he said , imagined this could happen and they had even planned to move to Mexico where he was in the process of renovating a house for them ; the bedrooms were complete and he had made a nursery for Michelle 's daughter , China , never to be occupied . |
| 3 | Not for one minute . ’ |
| 4 | If she went to the Dordogne she would be facing a life that had gone on without her , a life that had not for one minute taken her into consideration . |
| 5 | Not for one minute did his guard slip until she was forced to accept that that was exactly how he felt about her . |
| 6 | I do not for one minute believe that we shall hand over everything that this country has ever stood for in terms of its independence . |
| 7 | Not for another minute could she stay . |
| 8 | He did n't for one minute expect that sort of treatment in Gloucester , but that was how he would spend this afternoon . |
| 9 | A letter dated March 2nd already betrays some misgiving through its protestation : ‘ I do n't for one minute doubt about the fall of Verdun . ’ |