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 . |