Example sentences of "[vb past] not [verb] for an [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their success at the game did not make for an easy relationship , though . |
| 2 | Even if the king himself did not press for an early political role , others might well do so on his behalf as a way of strengthening their own position . |
| 3 | Even if the king himself did not press for an early political role , others might well do so on his behalf as a way of strengthening their own position . |
| 4 | He did not press for an immediate renewal of Anselm 's homage ; and William Giffard stopped calling himself bishop of Winchester . |
| 5 | The accord was rejected by Gen. Aoun on the grounds that it did not provide for an immediate Syrian troop withdrawal [ ibid ] . |
| 6 | The accord was rejected by Aoun on the grounds that it did not provide for an immediate Syrian troop withdrawal . |