Example sentences of "not go in [prep] " in BNC.

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1 The royal family does not go in for oratory , so the policy is evident mostly in endless American- and British-made videos on television , boasting of Saudi Arabia 's military and industrial prowess .
2 The Old Testament does not go in for saints .
3 Genesis does not go in for saints ( though Joseph will , perhaps , approach that status ) .
4 ‘ We are not a national daily ; we do not go in for moral crusades . ’
5 Parker did not go in for German beer .
6 The French do not go in for diphthongs but have at least one vowel sound that almost defeats the Anglo-Saxon .
7 And when , to show what a good little wife I had become — Nonni thought that my aunts did not ‘ appreciate ’ me , meaning that they did not go in for endearments or tell me how pretty I looked — she pointed out , one Sunday lunchtime , how well I had starched the table napkins , Aunt Lilian said , ‘ But why ?
8 We were not at a party , he did not go in for brunettes , and I was very much his junior .
9 Kenya has been so dependent on official aid and structural adjustment loans that its government dared not go in for countertrading — despite the fact that , like Brazil , it was surrounded by poor , debt-ridden neighbours .
10 Even when I arrived back at Thornfield , I did not go in for a while .
11 Different objectives of different finns controlled and limited the techniques of production they could use ( eg. a firm developing prototypes of electronic equipment can not go in for mass-production ) .
12 While most , for example narcissi and scillas , should be planted as soon as they are bought , tulips should not go in to the garden until November .
13 I could not go in through the house because of the servants .
14 Yeah , I 'm talking about how it arises from the evolution point of view , as an not , I do n't go in at all to the whole neurological question , or how the brain is produced consciously .
15 We would n't go in at a , I would n't go in at all , but Stuart 's mum used to live right opposite and she likes to go in occasionally cos she sees all her old friends , she do n't see them very often so she likes to go in and see all her old friends , otherwise I do n't
16 We would n't go in at a , I would n't go in at all , but Stuart 's mum used to live right opposite and she likes to go in occasionally cos she sees all her old friends , she do n't see them very often so she likes to go in and see all her old friends , otherwise I do n't
17 ‘ We did n't go in on the free travel promotion because many of the deals involved British Rail and we do n't have it here , ’ she said .
18 would n't go in on there .
19 ‘ I do n't go in with her , not unless she wants me to .
20 ‘ Well , I sha n't go in with you .
21 And I know it 's difficult to get people motivated when they 've been hit down and hit down so often , er but and I do n't think that you could do er any great erm as as we said when we went into the flats , we did n't go in with any big , world shattering ideas of of causing a revolution or you know , of doing er putting on a big project or anything , it was actually to be with the people in their situation and gradually to help improve somehow , if we could .
22 I do n't go in for numbers as names .
23 Though he kept a folder packed with suggestions for new volumes , he was keen to emphasise their serious didactic nature : ‘ We do n't go in for quick quack books . ’
24 I 'm an old-fashioned textual critic , not a biographer — I do n't go in for this sort of — it was n't profit — I 'll put them back next week — I wanted them to be a secret .
25 I exaggerate , of course : they do n't go in for tears , they just ignore me .
26 I wonder more people do n't go in for that sort of thing .
27 ‘ I do n't go in for other stuff , ’ he said .
28 ‘ Yorkshiremen do n't go in for paying compliments , ’ she said .
29 ‘ Stop fussing , ’ said Joe , ‘ I do n't go in for that sort of thing .
30 I said I was n't cuttin' no-one 's throat , I did n't go in for it .
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