Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] [pron] for [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They grudgingly agreed , but they are not producing them for general sale . |
| 2 | ‘ I did not bring it for that purpose , ’ said Andrus hoarsely . |
| 3 | Sir Charles , whose practice as a family solicitor in Hertfordshire had not prepared him for this sort of thing , was losing control . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm glad to hear that , ’ Claudia said , not believing it for one moment . |
| 5 | She always forgot , when she had not seen him for some time , how he affected her . |
| 6 | ‘ I 've not seen him for some time . ’ |
| 7 | I had not seen them for some time . |
| 8 | However , if you 've had years of not liking yourself for one reason or another , this can be very difficult . |
| 9 | Now the angels will not bless us for another year . ’ |
| 10 | I 'm not doing it for monetary reward or because I 'm asked to ; I 'm doing it because I feel I have to do it . |
| 11 | I 'm not doing it for monetary reward or because I 'm asked to ; I 'm doing it because I feel I have to do it . |
| 12 | I said no , I 'm not , I 'm not doing it for that reason I said I 'm trying to you know thought to myself we 'll give them something back . |
| 13 | I would not recommend them for submersed cultivation and I do not believe that a reputable aquarium dealer would sell you those plants as aquarium plants . |
| 14 | She would not , could not leave him for this boy ! |
| 15 | Difficulties also arise in the case of damage done in the past , or when the effects do not manifest themselves for some time . |
| 16 | I still have n't forgiven you for bloody book antics of a |
| 17 | I did n't recognise her for some time . |
| 18 | ‘ I do n't do it for any reason of self . ’ |
| 19 | My little girl Natasha was with a friend at the time and because my mum had n't seen me for some time she was concerned . |
| 20 | She even told them about the nice young man who said he had n't seen her for some time . |
| 21 | ‘ I have n't seen him for some time . ’ |
| 22 | I have n't seen it for sixty year . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ I hope we can reach agreement with China and that , where we have disagreements , they wo n't poison our relationship right across the board — certainly wo n't poison it for all time , ’ said Mr Patten . |
| 24 | two weekends away I shall be up my to ears in it must n't plan anything for that weekend . |
| 25 | Do n't believe them for one minute |
| 26 | I do n't believe it for one minute , personally , but this is the , this is the theory , and I 'll explain why I do n't believe it , later . |
| 27 | ‘ I was n't expecting you for another hour or so . |
| 28 | By gaw , he 's a topper and ah would n't sell 'im for any money , No man could ask for a better friend . " |
| 29 | ‘ I think that either Floy could n't leave them for some reason , or — ’ |
| 30 | but yesterday morn he was , yesterday morning he started crying did n't he , I did n't leave him for any length of time |