Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] [pers pn] for [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Hurley had not forgiven him for the loss of Syrian George , and he was still under heavy pressure from Washington to show results , but in general Coleman made sure they got along for the sake of his back-channel reports to MC/10 Control .
2 It will not cover me for the hearing .
3 This suggests that something is amiss with the job definition and , by implication , also with education and training which does not prepare them for the reality .
4 His mother had not joined them for the meal , bowing in this regard to the T'ang 's wishes .
5 Cunningham 's chummy dropping of the ‘ Mr ’ from his name did not fool him for a moment : the withdrawn and irascible figure he had encountered in mid-afternoon was nearer the soul of this man than mine accommodating and smiling host of the Skein of Geese 's oak-panelled restaurant .
6 But it is too soon for him to face the likes of Devon Malcolm , and Fletcher said the tour selectors would not consider him for the pipe opener in Faridabad .
7 ‘ Then since you accept what I say , madam — ’ interposed the cardinal with a sense of timing that suggested the protector had not nominated him for the task solely on account of his venerability ‘ — might I urge you to give the prince into my custody ! ’
8 Life had not prepared him for the task , and it soon became clear that he lacked the natural shrewdness and strength of character that a Gdansk plumber was to show the Polish bosses three years later .
9 Paint and varnish slow down moisture changes in wood but they do not prevent them for no paint is impermeable to water vapour .
10 ‘ Who indeed ? ’ she asked , not believing him for a minute , ‘ But rather arrogant of you to assume I would be willing to be caught . ’
11 He had not seen her for a while and he was pretty sure she had committed suicide .
12 she kept in touch with them for some time but er , I 've not seen her for a year so , I would n't know .
13 She had not seen him for a month .
14 She had not seen him for an hour or more , he had been here earlier , had he left in a fit of boredom , was he sulking in
15 Then , although I did not believe them for a moment , I stored them away in my memory against a rainy day .
16 ‘ She 's just noticed she 's not had it for a week or so . ’
17 He felt a contentment when he was in her company that he missed when he did not see her for a while .
18 At first I can not see her for the heaps of people about her bedside , brandished with packaged sweets and magazines and flowers of white and purple .
19 You 'll see — I 'll probably not see him for the rest of the week . ’
20 The hair on his face was untrimmed , and his nose had spread with drinking , but the weather-hard skin was not the skin of a drunkard , and if the hair on his temples was thinning , you could not see it for the leather fillet he wore .
21 ‘ People will not remember me for the amount of money I have accumulated so much as the titles I have won .
22 ‘ I ‘ m not doing it for the money .
23 ‘ I 'm not doing it for the money , ’ said the new Bob .
24 It also did something to the plumbing , and it was decided not to keep us for the month we had been promised , but to billet us out to houses nearby .
25 ‘ I 'm not asking you for a penny . ’
26 The book is intended for undergraduates in their second or third year of a philosophy degree , but this need not necessarily deter readers with other backgrounds ; e.g. , my father claims to be able to understand it , though perhaps he would not thank me for the suggestion that he is representative .
27 It is crucial not to repeat it for the surprise will be gone and all the children will be looking for is the method .
28 And since they certainly would not pay her for the work she had already done on the trousseau , where else could she go ?
29 You add the wine , and mix it with the eggs and cheese , pour the mixture into a flameproof casserole and put it to cook immediately , but you do not leave it for an instant : you stir ceaselessly until you have a homogenous cream , and you serve it sizzling in the recipient in which it has cooked . "
30 Yeah he 's not taking me for a ride or anything .
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