Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] [pers pn] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They grudgingly agreed , but they are not producing them for general sale . |
| 2 | I 'm not thanking you for that Phil . |
| 3 | ‘ I did not bring it for that purpose , ’ said Andrus hoarsely . |
| 4 | Sir Charles , whose practice as a family solicitor in Hertfordshire had not prepared him for this sort of thing , was losing control . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm glad to hear that , ’ Claudia said , not believing it for one moment . |
| 6 | I 'd not seen him for six months . |
| 7 | She always forgot , when she had not seen him for some time , how he affected her . |
| 8 | ‘ I 've not seen him for some time . ’ |
| 9 | I 've not seen him for twenty years . |
| 10 | Police broke in after neighbours had not seen him for several days . |
| 11 | I had not seen them for some time . |
| 12 | ‘ Although he had not seen us for six weeks , he soon recognised us and started shouting Tuffin George all over the shop . ’ |
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| 14 | Now the angels will not bless us for another year . ’ |
| 15 | Holding that the defence was not available the court in effect classified the defendant 's belief that the arrest was unlawful as a mistake of law , which could not avail him for these purposes . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | A member of one local authority in England — I will not name it for obvious reasons — told me that the police in that area have said that following up poll tax debts and warrants is not a high priority . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | It has been known for caterers to come in at 8am , turn all the ovens on and not use them for three hours . ’ |
| 22 | She would not , could not leave him for this boy ! |
| 23 | In 1629 the King dissolved Parliament , castigating its leaders as ‘ vipers ’ , and did not recall it for eleven years . |
| 24 | There was a loud noise and my leg would not support me for several weeks . |
| 25 | I still have n't forgiven you for bloody book antics of a |
| 26 | Like because their account , you know , if you write , like if I wrote a cheque out to you today , and you did n't cash it for four weeks |
| 27 | I let him keep young ones for sentimental reasons since I do n't need them for practical purposes . |
| 28 | We do n't need you for two weeks . |
| 29 | I have n't owned you for ten years . |
| 30 | I did n't recognise her for some time . |