Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] it for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ She 's just noticed she 's not had it for a week or so . ’ |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | ‘ I ‘ m not doing it for the money . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm not doing it for the money , ’ said the new Bob . |
| 5 | It is crucial not to repeat it for the surprise will be gone and all the children will be looking for is the method . |
| 6 | 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 . " |
| 7 | right if you do n't want it for a pound I 'll have it back |
| 8 | I did I did n't doubt it for a minute , I thought I know this |
| 9 | ‘ I do n't doubt it for a moment . ’ |
| 10 | Oh their life 's can be totally wrecked , I do n't doubt it for a moment . |
| 11 | Er what I actually mean is whenever you have an idiom , you can substitute in the position of a whole sentence or of a verb phrase , but you ca n't substitute it for a subject and a verb , leaving the object of the sentence intact . |
| 12 | He wo n't need it for a bit if this weather goes on . |
| 13 | We do n't need it for the expansion of our race ; indeed , it 's inimical to orderly civilization . |
| 14 | have ever gone into nursing now because she said I would n't do it for a grant . |
| 15 | I think the only other way of doing it is n't it is to say we wo n't do it for every course initially . |
| 16 | ‘ No I do n't do it for the money really . |
| 17 | You certainly did n't do it for the money . |
| 18 | I said well in all fairness Paul , you ai n't actually bloody got , I said I do n't do it for the fun of it I said and I do n't like doing it but I see , he just sort of |
| 19 | ‘ And I 'd only go out with someone I really liked — I would n't do it for the sake of it . |
| 20 | You ca n't beat it for a breath of fresh air — wing walking . |
| 21 | We have n't done it for a while . |
| 22 | We discussed erm erm other places for people to meet et cetera has actually been closed down , some some problem with the is n't it , erm but they ca n't use it for the public so erm that was , it was just left that we 'll have another meeting in March and looking around for alternative places to meet , but that 's all to report on that . |
| 23 | Fox did n't believe it for a minute . |
| 24 | Though she did n't believe it for a moment . |
| 25 | ‘ I would n't miss it for the world . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I would n't miss it for the world . ’ |
| 27 | I would n't miss it for the world . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I would n't miss it for the world ! ’ she replied , smiling . |
| 29 | As for this weekend 's display , Gary would n't miss it for the world . |
| 30 | Michael says it 's ‘ very decent ’ of them ; Nick says he would n't miss it for the world . |