Example sentences of "not [verb] [verb] [pron] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Charlwood was a widower with two teenage daughters and did not want to leave them for longer than necessary . |
| 2 | But what you are saying is you 're not going to give it for free ? |
| 3 | I 'll have a go , but I 'm not going to do it for two or three |
| 4 | The wasp will remember exactly what to do at each burrow , according to its stage in the cycle , and the number of caterpillars it already contains , even though she may not have visited it for several days . |
| 5 | And why not have placed them for safe keeping in a pocket , satchel or valise ? |
| 6 | ‘ She could not say nay ; and she must needs do his bidding ; and yet she would not have done it for all this world . |
| 7 | The sellers gave the buyers a delivery note to enable them to collect the spirit from X. However , the buyers chose to keep it at X 's and did not come to remove it for some months by which time it had deteriorated . |
| 8 | Er the things that she said were that women used more hedges , such as I think er hedges are sort of things that get put into the conversation if al allegedly if somebody wants to give the impression that they 're not quite sure , and they would n't w You know like I would n't want to say it for sure but I think that . |
| 9 | When I tried printing pictures with plenty of tones and shades , some faint vertical bars did appear , but most people probably wo n't want to use it for heavy graphics output . |
| 10 | So that one day when they are sitting on their fat butts in frankfurt or Langley and some poor guy 's written seven point nine two centimetre automatic rifle instead of seven point nine two millimetre , they wo n't want to fire him for bad writing . |
| 11 | Now we 're planning to do a , we do n't wan na do another budget , re-budget forecast until June July , we , cos it , we do n't need to do one for this bu any budget year starting July , we 're gon na work on the calendar year . |
| 12 | Right so I do n't need to do anything for that ? |
| 13 | I had to get one bag I did n't like to ask her for two . |
| 14 | Ludlum 's so wealthy he has n't had to write anything for three years ! ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Mrs Wormwood is n't going to thank you for this , ’ the man said as he led her into the sitting-room where a large platinum-blonde woman was gazing rapturously at the TV screen . |
| 16 | I would n't have seen you for another hour . |
| 17 | He would n't have done it for most people . |
| 18 | I knew I should n't have taken you for that coffee . ’ |
| 19 | You do n't have to actually look at the price list and say oh well I 'll have a back and shoulder massage , which is ten pound , you do n't have to have anything for ten pound , you can have it as little as five pounds , two pound fifty , we do n't mind , it can go towards a treatment . |
| 20 | ‘ No , I was looking for you and I would n't have figured you for this particular humming and vibrant example of the capital 's nightscene . ’ |
| 21 | You were n't planning to use it for any of your own guests , were you ? ’ |