Example sentences of "[not/n't] [adv] [v-ing] for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | You 're not just looking for a brother . |
2 | er not really looking for a revolution , just looking back to where you were before |
3 | Of course I am not here arguing for a return to a three-tier model of reality seen in literalistic terms . |
4 | There are , of course , many other accounts by Turovsky , Serge Baudo , Michel Plasson , Gennadi Rozhdestvensky and others — not bad going for a composer who , according to one recent scribe , owes his place in the repertoire , ‘ albeit at the fringes , to Karajan 's stunning account of the ‘ dona nobis pacem ’ resolution of his Symphonie liturgique ’ . |
5 | Not bad going for a full-back is it . |
6 | Well I have to say that much of the impact of this story depends upon your being able to see and think of Boy as beautiful , admirable and even adorable in the true senses of those difficult and dangerous but nonetheless precious and necessary words ; I suggest therefore that you amend my descriptions of Boy and his lover — but I anticipate myself , that was not to be for several weeks yet ; that ‘ Great Romance of Our Times ’ , as it became known amongst us , had not yet begun , its theme tune had not yet been composed on Gary 's piano , its scenario was not yet subject of our daily gossip and speculation , we were not yet auditioning for a place in the credits — The Friend , The Admirer , Blonde Man in Bar , Second Guest at Dinner Party . |