Example sentences of "[vb past] [not/n't] [verb] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Needless to say , this attitude did not make for a good marriage . |
| 2 | Most of them did not control for a possible confounding effect of H pylori infection . |
| 3 | Susie did not reply for a long time . |
| 4 | The superb frescoes , concealed from sight by Muslim prejudice for nearly five hundred years , were again on view , but they did not compensate for a profound sense of desecration . |
| 5 | She heaved out a great sigh and did not move for a full fifteen seconds : the sergeant watched them tick past , marked by the flick of the thin red hand of the electric clock on the wall . |
| 6 | I left the hotel early and in pleasant sunshine , wearing a light jacket and bow tie , but alas did not bargain for a sudden change in the weather . |
| 7 | It is rubbish to think that , because Sheikh Mohammed and his brothers did not bid for a single horse at Newmarket last week , the racing game is about to die on its feet . |
| 8 | I doubted not that they were law officers , but did not linger for a second look , being already at the casement windows into the side garden . |
| 9 | The agreement did not provide for a specific " quota of power " for the FMLN , an issue which had been a major sticking-point in negotiations . |
| 10 | Dana did not reappear for a few days , and during that time I felt I was going mad . |
| 11 | It was argued that he should have been sentenced to a term of detention in a young offender institution , and that he did not qualify for a custodial sentence for that purpose under Criminal Justice Act 1982 , s.1(4) and 1(4A) . |
| 12 | You see , when we went through the asteroid storm , I did n't watch for a few seconds . |
| 13 | THEY had a homosexual , a nymphomaniac , an alcoholic and a Cockney crook — but they did n't reckon for a serial killer . |
| 14 | What we did n't know for a long time was that this book is his revenge on his parents . |
| 15 | I 'm surprised Sister did n't ask for a single room . |
| 16 | Sir Stanley 's only regret is that he did n't play for a few years more . |
| 17 | She did n't breathe for a long time . |
| 18 | Although they discovered they had hardly a single taste in common , he was nonetheless a witty and amusing host and she found herself laughing in a way she had not done for a considerable time . |
| 19 | The kind of music she had not heard for a long time . |
| 20 | She said she had been released half a mile away on a misty common and had not eaten for a long time . |
| 21 | But she had not bargained for a complete refusal to attend . |
| 22 | One of the president 's earliest and most loyal supporters on the Hill says , privately , that those among his constituents who , until 1992 , had not voted for a Democratic presidential candidate for 16 years think they have been tricked . |
| 23 | People asked exoneration from a mistake made by a group to which they belonged-the nation-not in individual innocence but in membership of a different and more immediate community that had acted well , a state that had not voted for a dishonest president . |
| 24 | This new town , a product of modern civilization , had grown up near the ancient Egdon Woods , where the paths over the hills had not changed for a thousand years . |
| 25 | ‘ I had not worked for a few months so I was ready to do something , ’ is how he explains his reasons for doing it . |
| 26 | She lost him then and had to search and found him eventually curled up amid the wiring in the back of the record-player where he had n't hidden for a long time , not since two dark-haired people who were into black magic had come to dinner and he had disappeared for half a day until she found his secret hole . |
| 27 | " You do n't know what your talking about , " Katherine began , experiencing a deep burning rage that she had n't felt for a long time , a rage all the more intense because she knew she could do nothing about it . |
| 28 | He made himself a mixed grill , something he had n't had for a long time , and followed it with real coffee . |
| 29 | He had n't shaved for a few days and a sickly smell clung to his clothes and hair . |
| 30 | I noticed how happy people were , which was something I had n't known for a long time . |