Example sentences of "[noun prp] do not [verb] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Biddy did not speak for some time , and stood considering them in a way that made them all feel about half their usual size . |
| 2 | Meg did not think for that — foul wash , the tinker boy ; his thing ; he had roared with laughter — as just or justifiable . |
| 3 | Sesostris did not speak for some time . |
| 4 | Like Audubon , Lear did not plan for accompanying text : this was to be a purely pictorial study of a single species . |
| 5 | The opportunities of individual patronage may have been reduced , but few major writers from the time of Gay and Swift to that of George Crabbe did not look for such patronage or shape some composition toward the expectations of a patron . |
| 6 | If the tradition still exists today — and it appears that it very much does so — it implies that the United Kingdom does not have for many loyalists a natural character of statehood in the way the Southern state has for catholic nationalists . |
| 7 | This , Jaq did not care for one little bit . |
| 8 | Isabel did not wait for more . |
| 9 | Earlier Neil Kinnock , the Labour leader , hoped it would be demonstrated that Sir Nicholas did not speak for other Tories ‘ because the gutter language he used is not fit for anyone standing for a democratic party ’ . |
| 10 | Barton did not care for Indian food and ate sparingly from the vegetarian buffet . |