Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] [to-vb] [pers pn] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The federal pump-priming for their establishment , eventually extended to cover their first eight years , was not intended to support them for the long term . |
| 2 | The message from brokers is apply for shares , but do not look to hold them for the long term . |
| 3 | If the hon. Gentleman wants to be on his way , I would not wish to delay him for a moment . |
| 4 | They were concerned when his mother did not arrive to deliver him for the day yesterday . |
| 5 | They were concerned when his mother did not arrive to deliver him for the day yesterday . |
| 6 | But he says the payout ca n't begin to compensate him for the devastating effect the accident has had on his life . |
| 7 | That ‘ little grey home in the west ’ idea was n't going to fool her for a minute ; it was easy to see that the man sitting next to her loved every minute of his fast-living , action-packed life . |
| 8 | We did n't attempt to touch him for a lizard can easily lose its tail at the defensive snapping point . |
| 9 | The staff would n't arrive to set them for a while yet . |
| 10 | I wonder whether they were n't trying to get it for the museum . |