Example sentences of "[vb base] [not/n't] [vb pp] for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dave was off with his hernia Ross , Wayne Lindsay we 've not seen for a year , I mean I know things have been difficult for the last year |
| 2 | ‘ I 've not come for a drink . |
| 3 | Our young labourer Kevin , whom I 've not mentioned for a while , gets the strenuous pick and shovel jobs . |
| 4 | The chub take slugs absolutely savagely , as though they have not fed for a week and their very lives depend on seizing that particular specimen . |
| 5 | ‘ I have not suggested for a moment that I regard all humanity as rotten , ’ George said icily . |
| 6 | To presuppose this is both contradictory and dangerous ; contradictory because the West can not insist on a certain outcome from free elections and still uphold democracy ; dangerous because , if the confusion of the two in the public mind persists , there will be many more instances of superpowers subverting elected governments because they have not opted for a market economy . |
| 7 | I have n't arranged for a secondary . |
| 8 | I have n't eaten for a week . |
| 9 | Landing with obstructions on the upwind side is particularly dangerous and is just the sort of error people tend to make when they have n't flown for a while . |
| 10 | Very busy I have n't stopped for a second . |
| 11 | No , I have n't done for a while see I |
| 12 | Now erm getting to those words yourself instead , I 'm sorry , things we have n't done for a week or two lots of word they 'll be lots of them in the exam I 'm telling you . |
| 13 | Many of the girls have n't played for a while . |
| 14 | Girls at the back of the room , we have n't come for a chat . |
| 15 | He has become a famous dramatist , and the two brothers have n't spoken for a decade , as Alfred feels Michael has betrayed the family by travestying them in his plays . |