Example sentences of "[vb mod] n't [verb] [noun sg] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nature was blooming and burgeoning , but poor Karen could n't get gravid for love or money . |
| 2 | A minute or two later Pat said he could n't keep height for lack of power and we would have to ditch . |
| 3 | He would n't dare scream for help if I robbed him . |
| 4 | Emmie said , ‘ I ca n't ask Dad for money for a vet . |
| 5 | Even now I 'll go back and I ca n't play note for note what I played then ; I can get the general feel of it but I can never go back and hit it note for note . |
| 6 | Even now I 'll go back and I ca n't play note for note what I played then ; I can get the general feel of it but I can never go back and hit it note for note |
| 7 | I ca n't say touch for touch how we became lovers because , really , we had been ever since he came into the room and found me still there , waiting and pretending . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm only spoiling you like this , ’ lied my mother , ‘ because when you 've got a home of your own you wo n't have time for breakfast in bed . ’ |