Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] [verb] [pers pn] for [art] " in BNC.
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1 | The federal pump-priming for their establishment , eventually extended to cover their first eight years , was not intended to support them for the long term . |
2 | The message from brokers is apply for shares , but do not look to hold them for the long term . |
3 | If the hon. Gentleman wants to be on his way , I would not wish to delay him for a moment . |
4 | They were concerned when his mother did not arrive to deliver him for the day yesterday . |
5 | They were concerned when his mother did not arrive to deliver him for the day yesterday . |
6 | But he says the payout ca n't begin to compensate him for the devastating effect the accident has had on his life . |
7 | That ‘ little grey home in the west ’ idea was n't going to fool her for a minute ; it was easy to see that the man sitting next to her loved every minute of his fast-living , action-packed life . |
8 | We did n't attempt to touch him for a lizard can easily lose its tail at the defensive snapping point . |
9 | ‘ I should n't have asked you for the extra two-fifty mils . ’ |
10 | As for the Normandy campaign , I would n't have missed it for the world . |
11 | He would n't have missed it for the world . ’ |
12 | ‘ I would n't have missed it for the world ’ , smiled Christy . |
13 | The staff would n't arrive to set them for a while yet . |
14 | I wonder whether they were n't trying to get it for the museum . |