Example sentences of "do not for " in BNC.
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| 1 | He did not for a while want to look at his own face . |
| 2 | It was here that the performance abandoned all semblance of script , but was nonetheless skilfully held together by the actors , who guided without being intrusive and did not for a moment step out of their roles . |
| 3 | Hastings ' previous dealings with the Tula tribe would seem rather to diminish the role played by force of personality in this affair , but the traveller and eccentric socialist R.B. Cunninghame Graham , who contributed an introduction to Hastings ' book , did not for that reason forbear to indicate that force of personality was precisely what it showed . |
| 4 | Providing copious statistics for the numbers of bombers dispatched , those that reached their targets and those that did not for one reason or another , this book is a complete overview of a major aspect of the air war against mainland Germany . |
| 5 | Willpower often works — although it did not for Bailey McMahon , who found themselves on the receiving end of action by the Irish authorities . |
| 6 | He did not for the moment notice Auguste . |
| 7 | They do not for the most part take a position like that of Boas and Evans-Pritchard which rejects the very notion that there are general laws governing human history ; and if they do not , it would seem that they too are driving , however cautiously , towards an understanding of human history in general , in other words toward a theory of human evolution . |
| 8 | ‘ Those who founded it do not for one moment pretend to be neutral , ’ Lewis confessed . |
| 9 | What is the difference between a candidate who performs inadequately , though he tackles quite difficult questions , and one who performs well though he tackles only specially selected easy questions , questions that do not for example raise any issue about linear or non-linear , progressive or retrogressive change ? |
| 10 | All babies need feeding and changing and there are not too many ways of doing it ; the range and subtlety of young babies ' gestures is restricted ( they do not for instance converse ) , and in response , mothers tend to simplify and exaggerate their own gestures . |
| 11 | If the term subjection be used in its extreme sense I do not for a moment believe that any such solution exists . |
| 12 | His alternative is what he calls an ‘ appreciative ’ stance : ‘ These appreciative sentiments are easily summarized : we do not for a moment wish that we could rid ourselves of deviant phenomena . |
| 13 | Thus I do not for example think that there could be a human person ( which Christians must proclaim ) who stood in a different relationship to God than do all other human beings . |
| 14 | But our sources do not for the most part interest themselves in times of peace — the impression from Diodorus ' own narrative is that Dionysius did little but fight wars against Carthage ; but Carthaginian aggressiveness , like Persian , was exaggerated by ‘ crusading ’ Greek historiography and poetry . |
| 15 | I do not for my part think that any assistance at all can be gained from the authorities on section 40 of the Law of Property Act 1925 . |
| 16 | If one is then to try and specify the grounds upon which it would be right for the court to intervene I do not for my part find it particularly helpful to speak in terms of special or extraordinary cases as distinct from normal cases . |
| 17 | I do not for my part find the objections in principle to be strong and I would certainly be prepared to agree the rule should no longer be adhered to were it not for the practical consideration to which I have referred and which my noble and learned friend agrees to be of real substance . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Once you have decided which tense to use for a particular section of your essay , check that you are consistent — do not for example start a narrative in one tense and later change into another , unless you have a very good reason for doing so . |
| 20 | Clive Barnes — later to become one of the ‘ Butchers of Broadway ’ , as critic for the New York Times wrote : ‘ Although One Over The Eight is described as a ‘ new revue ’ do not for a moment be fooled . |
| 21 | ‘ I do not for a moment doubt the right and duty of the media to comment on sentences and criticise judges . |
| 22 | He did n't for one minute expect that sort of treatment in Gloucester , but that was how he would spend this afternoon . |
| 23 | And as the salon in Susan 's home town of Bristol was part of a reputable chain , she did n't for a moment expect any problems . |
| 24 | Did n't for a moment think you 'd want them out of your sight . |
| 25 | I did n't for a long time , I was only interested in whether I liked you . |
| 26 | As I had grown some six inches since he had last seen me , I did n't for a moment believe that his recognition was unprompted . |
| 27 | Lucy did n't for one moment think that she could trick him or trip him , but knew that he 'd see her as young and naive and so might just let her get away with a little more . |
| 28 | Well sometimes they did n't do that f for reason , perhaps a driver missed his duty or there was a defect on the bus and you used to get a record each day of what we call lost mileage or an extra mileage perhaps on the odd occasion when an extra journey was run but erm the lost mileage was recorded and say you had this bus was due to run a hundred and twenty six miles , it did n't for some reason complete its erm hundred percent journey , you 'd take that off and then record against that bus that , that run say hundred and twenty miles . |
| 29 | Or I 'd make sure he did n't for much longer . ’ |
| 30 | Now , it looked as if they were newly decorating so whether the water got into there or not , but it did n't look as if they were in the process of decorating so I hope it did n't for their sake . |