Example sentences of "n't go in for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't go in for numbers as names . |
| 2 | Though he kept a folder packed with suggestions for new volumes , he was keen to emphasise their serious didactic nature : ‘ We do n't go in for quick quack books . ’ |
| 3 | I 'm an old-fashioned textual critic , not a biographer — I do n't go in for this sort of — it was n't profit — I 'll put them back next week — I wanted them to be a secret . |
| 4 | I exaggerate , of course : they do n't go in for tears , they just ignore me . |
| 5 | I wonder more people do n't go in for that sort of thing . |
| 6 | ‘ I do n't go in for other stuff , ’ he said . |
| 7 | ‘ Yorkshiremen do n't go in for paying compliments , ’ she said . |
| 8 | ‘ Stop fussing , ’ said Joe , ‘ I do n't go in for that sort of thing . |
| 9 | I said I was n't cuttin' no-one 's throat , I did n't go in for it . |
| 10 | Enya does n't go in for intellectual analysis of her music much , but when I tell her these first reactions to her heart- breakingly beautiful new album , ‘ Shepherd Moons ’ , she lights up with a certain delighted relief that two years of studio work seems to be hitting the right target . |
| 11 | " We do n't go in for flowers , " said Clelia , displaying with a sweep of her arm the lower level , curiously cluttered with urns , a bench , a dislocated piece of mosaic resting on its end , and a functionless fountain . |
| 12 | We do n't go in for presents . |
| 13 | Mushroom is respectable too , I should add — but we do n't go in for tans , we 're too worried about skin cancer . |
| 14 | Besides , the KGB does n't go in for assassinations these days . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ But we do n't go in for top models , ’ she said . |
| 16 | ‘ Well , y'know , Else always was one for washing , she gets it from me , but Sidney , 'e do n't go in for baths much , well men do n't , do they ? |
| 17 | I wonder you do n't go in for it . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I do n't go in for crystal gazing . ’ |
| 19 | And we do n't go in for naughtiness . |
| 20 | ‘ And she did n't go in for violent amateur dramatics with a bunch of friends ? ’ |
| 21 | I 've only known you a few days , Luke , and I do n't go in for casual sex . ’ |
| 22 | How was she to explain that she did n't go in for this high-profile look ? |
| 23 | Apart from the fact that there 's an eleven-year gap in our ages and I do n't go in for cradle-snatching , she happens to be my stepsister . ’ |
| 24 | But perhaps I give that impression because I have strong views on certain subjects and because I do n't go in for the social whirl , for fast cars and fast women . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ It 's just that I do n't go in for casual encounters . ’ |
| 26 | They are n't moody ; they do n't go in for sexual harassment |
| 27 | I do n't go in for gossip . |
| 28 | My family did n't go in for that sort of thing . |
| 29 | They do n't go in for this sort of thing . |
| 30 | Anyway , I do n't go in for sharp manoeuvres much myself . |