Example sentences of "[vb mod] [not/n't] [verb] [pron] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The hair on his face was untrimmed , and his nose had spread with drinking , but the weather-hard skin was not the skin of a drunkard , and if the hair on his temples was thinning , you could not see it for the leather fillet he wore . |
| 2 | I knew he was so incensed he could n't control himself ; I could n't blame him for the fury which inhabited him . |
| 3 | But even I could n't blame him for the phone ringing just as I was at the front door . |
| 4 | Almost that , and I want to say that I have some sympathy for the lady who has children and just could n't entertain them for the day . |
| 5 | Batty could n't make it for the second half against Villa after a recurrence of a calf injury he received against Wimbledon last Saturday . |
| 6 | I know you could n't hurt her for the world . |
| 7 | ( Jakobson associates relationships of contiguity with the figure metonymy , and those of equivalence with that of metaphor , a point which need not concern us for the moment , but which will become relevant in the discussion of Lacan later . ) |
| 8 | And since they certainly would not pay her for the work she had already done on the trousseau , where else could she go ? |
| 9 | She lived for occasions and would not miss one for the world . |
| 10 | At this point in Louis 's reign Nithard comments : " the emperor could now feel confident that the aristocracy would not desert him for the rest of his life " . |
| 11 | The book is intended for undergraduates in their second or third year of a philosophy degree , but this need not necessarily deter readers with other backgrounds ; e.g. , my father claims to be able to understand it , though perhaps he would not thank me for the suggestion that he is representative . |
| 12 | But it is too soon for him to face the likes of Devon Malcolm , and Fletcher said the tour selectors would not consider him for the pipe opener in Faridabad . |
| 13 | Yeah , but they would n't pay me for the hour I was sitting there doing nothing you see |
| 14 | I would n't hurt her for the world . ’ |
| 15 | He closed his eyes tightly ; then in a much quieter voice , he said , ‘ Pet , you know I would n't hurt you for the world , but you 're hurting me . |
| 16 | My life has changed and I live around the horses and would n't change it for the world now . |
| 17 | ‘ And I 'd only go out with someone I really liked — I would n't do it for the sake of it . |
| 18 | ‘ I would n't miss it for the world . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ I would n't miss it for the world . ’ |
| 20 | I would n't miss it for the world . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I would n't miss it for the world ! ’ she replied , smiling . |
| 22 | As for this weekend 's display , Gary would n't miss it for the world . |
| 23 | Michael says it 's ‘ very decent ’ of them ; Nick says he would n't miss it for the world . |
| 24 | We said we would n't charge them for the stage blocks . |
| 25 | these are my children , I would n't harm them for the world . |
| 26 | With any luck my father would n't call me for the milking too early ; he generally does n't when I 've been out on patrol the night before . |
| 27 | All you have ever read about the delights of fast-jet aerobatics still ca n't prepare you for the utter , mind-blowing super-smooth , almost silent exhilaration of the real thing ! |
| 28 | ‘ And you ca n't blame him for the way we 've been conceding goals . |
| 29 | We discussed erm erm other places for people to meet et cetera has actually been closed down , some some problem with the is n't it , erm but they ca n't use it for the public so erm that was , it was just left that we 'll have another meeting in March and looking around for alternative places to meet , but that 's all to report on that . |
| 30 | It will not cover me for the hearing . |