Example sentences of "be [not/n't] [verb] [pers pn] for [art] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ I am not saving it for the Tour de France . |
2 | I think the other possibility to take Stella 's point is that if there is a change that 's come up because of an audit , where a particular job has been audited and you know that within the next week or so another similar job is being audited , it may make sense to refer it 'til the next meeting , providing you 're not deferring it for a long period of time , to compar the results of the two jobs . |
3 | ‘ I 'm not asking you for a penny . ’ |
4 | ‘ I 'm not doing it for the money , ’ said the new Bob . |
5 | Yeah he 's not taking me for a ride or anything . |
6 | In Berry ( No. 2 ) , the applicant , B , had been convicted of making an explosive in circumstances giving rise to the reasonable suspicion that he was not making it for a lawful object . |
7 | She tossed her head , aware she was n't fooling him for a minute . |
8 | Like if I interviewed Johnny Thunders , it was n't to meet him for the first time , it was to try to save his career . ’ |
9 | er my Lord it was n't , I was n't raising it for the purpose of your Lordship mentioned , er namely er er about er contingency fund , though indeed will be entitled to that , I raised a question of the minute , the board minute , to do with the concerned with Mr rest of the meeting about the placement |