Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] [pers pn] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Your father , and Elizabeth and the others , are very worried about you , because you have not visited them for a long time . |
| 2 | The Queen Alien was built in two versions , a full-size mechanical one also using two stuntmen inside , and a quarter-sized puppet , operated mechanically , since Cameron , who had accepted stop-motion for the Terminator 's final stage , did not like it for an organic creature . |
| 3 | The education process which the 1970s building surveyor had undergone in the fifties and early sixties had not equipped him for a meaningful and identifiable role in the profession of the seventies . |
| 4 | I think the other possibility to take Stella 's point is that if there is a change that 's come up because of an audit , where a particular job has been audited and you know that within the next week or so another similar job is being audited , it may make sense to refer it 'til the next meeting , providing you 're not deferring it for a long period of time , to compar the results of the two jobs . |
| 5 | In Berry ( No. 2 ) , the applicant , B , had been convicted of making an explosive in circumstances giving rise to the reasonable suspicion that he was not making it for a lawful object . |
| 6 | Why is it that those countries can accept basic , decent minimum standards for their people whereas this Government will not accept them for the British people ? |
| 7 | It can not be partly certain because the tenant can determine it at any time and partly uncertain because the landlord can not determine it for an uncertain period . |
| 8 | ‘ To be honest , I could n't even say when I 'm going to be back but I 've got to realistically think I wo n't make it for the European Cup . ’ |
| 9 | sha n't want 'em for a long while |
| 10 | All you have ever read about the delights of fast-jet aerobatics still ca n't prepare you for the utter , mind-blowing super-smooth , almost silent exhilaration of the real thing ! |
| 11 | Oh here 's another dog I think oh it 's Judy 's , not it 's not hello , have n't seen you for a long time , hello , have n't seen her for a long time , morning , good morning oh she 's a sweetie is n't she ? forgotten her name come and say hello , I have n't seen you for ages , so him once on the , good morning . |
| 12 | Have n't seen them for a long time . |
| 13 | ‘ You do n't get over disliking someone simply because you have n't seen them for a long time . ’ |
| 14 | Well say hello to them for us cos we have n't seen them for a long time . |
| 15 | It was when I had n't seen him for a long time and I was all wound up . |
| 16 | Have n't seen you for a long time have you ? |
| 17 | Oh here 's another dog I think oh it 's Judy 's , not it 's not hello , have n't seen you for a long time , hello , have n't seen her for a long time , morning , good morning oh she 's a sweetie is n't she ? forgotten her name come and say hello , I have n't seen you for ages , so him once on the , good morning . |
| 18 | I only brought that one down because we have n't seen it for a long time , just choose one |
| 19 | But we have n't done it for the past eighteen months . |
| 20 | It has n't prepared me for the outside world ; all it 's done is given me an awareness of myself . |
| 21 | ‘ You 've had everything and everyone your way from much too young , and it has n't prepared you for the big , wide world . |
| 22 | Her voice sounded rusty , as if she had n't used it for a long time . |
| 23 | But I did n't ring you for a critical appraisal of my work . |
| 24 | He used to have a bottle of whisky a week but he do n't have any now he ai n't had it for a long time has he ? |
| 25 | I think one of the problems is , that a lot of shoppers do n't realize that they 're entering into a contract and we do n't realize it for the simple reason that most people have , as soon as you hear the word contract you have a mental image of a legal document that you sign , do n't you ? |
| 26 | ‘ I did n't believe it for a single moment , darling , ’ she repeated earnestly . |
| 27 | She was still searching for the right words to describe how she felt when he suddenly got up and went to meet more guests , and she did n't see him for a long time . |
| 28 | I did n't want Mary to go because I thought I would n't see her for a long time , and I ran over to her and pleaded . |
| 29 | well you could but you could n't sell it for a reasonable price . |
| 30 | I mean I ai n't doing it for a whole week . |