Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] [pers pn] for the [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 | Certainly Jenny did not see him for the first few evenings she was at Moorlake . |
| 3 | 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 ? |
| 4 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 ! |
| 7 | 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 . ’ |
| 8 | But we have n't done it for the past eighteen months . |
| 9 | It has n't prepared me for the outside world ; all it 's done is given me an awareness of myself . |
| 10 | ‘ You 've had everything and everyone your way from much too young , and it has n't prepared you for the big , wide world . |
| 11 | 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 ? |
| 12 | I 'm not complaining about it , but I say I did n't raise it for the first time |
| 13 | We 've got out back , it 's all sheltered , next door 's got more for years to put them down the front , my wife wo n't let me for the same reason she says if you blind yourself then any bugger can come in . |
| 14 | The process did n't perturb him for the simple reason that it did n't repel Willie . |