Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] [pers pn] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He pounced on the Scottish selectors for not picking him for the 4 × 100 metres relay team for Edinburgh and , so it said in one of the tabloids , he was now ready to meet Linford Christie . |
| 2 | Your father , and Elizabeth and the others , are very worried about you , because you have not visited them for a long time . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Certainly Jenny did not see him for the first few evenings she was at Moorlake . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 ? |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 11 | Batty could n't make it for the second half against Villa after a recurrence of a calf injury he received against Wimbledon last Saturday . |
| 12 | sha n't want 'em for a long while |
| 13 | 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 ! |
| 14 | Like if I interviewed Johnny Thunders , it was n't to meet him for the first time , it was to try to save his career . ’ |
| 15 | This is me , I goes , I goes I 'll let it slip this time cos you have n't seen me for a few weeks . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Have n't seen them for a long time . |
| 18 | ‘ You do n't get over disliking someone simply because you have n't seen them for a long time . ’ |
| 19 | Well say hello to them for us cos we have n't seen them for a long time . |
| 20 | It was when I had n't seen him for a long time and I was all wound up . |
| 21 | Have n't seen you for a long time have you ? |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | I only brought that one down because we have n't seen it for a long time , just choose one |
| 24 | But we have n't done it for the past eighteen months . |
| 25 | It has n't prepared me for the outside world ; all it 's done is given me an awareness of myself . |
| 26 | ‘ You 've had everything and everyone your way from much too young , and it has n't prepared you for the big , wide world . |
| 27 | ‘ Do n't use it for a few days , and see how it goes . ’ |
| 28 | Her voice sounded rusty , as if she had n't used it for a long time . |
| 29 | But I did n't ring you for a critical appraisal of my work . |
| 30 | 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 ? |