Example sentences of "not [verb] [adj] [noun] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Crawford reminded the committee that he had not received any salary for a month , but offered to accept £245 for termination . |
| 2 | The Oxford Study pointed out other significant factors in assessing the kinds of people who do not seek legal advice for a claim for damages for personal injuries . |
| 3 | They 've refurbished it but they 've not made any space for a down escalator have they ? |
| 4 | Other aromatherapists adopt an intuitive approach to the art , preferring not to choose appropriate oils for a client , but to allow the person to be guided solely by their aroma preference . |
| 5 | The old thick rad did not give enough clearance for a normal or any other type of fan . |
| 6 | Consequently , the apparent collinearity of ‘ trends ’ in their illustration ( Fig. 1 b in ref. 1 ) , while intriguing , does not provide compelling evidence for a link between Chicxulub and Haiti glasses . |
| 7 | I 'm not paying twenty quid for a shirt so you can wear to work |
| 8 | The court announced that the charges against Christer Pettersson , a social outcast with a history of manslaughter and drugs offences , did not contain enough evidence for a guilty verdict . |
| 9 | I did promise not to mention David Nieman 's accident that day ; but needless to say a pigeon did not have much respect for a dinner suit . |
| 10 | The new Prime Minister Mrs Tansu Ciller is a self confessed disciple of Margaret Thatcher , and as such may not have much time for a liberalisation of sexual attitudes . |
| 11 | Anti-whaling forces at the annual meeting in Kyoto do not have sufficient support for a French proposal to create a whale sanctuary in the southern ocean which would prevent the Japanese from resuming commercial whaling . |
| 12 | Not having any room for a fridge anywhere . |
| 13 | One method of reducing surpluses has been for companies to take contributions holidays ( although generally these are not extended to employee contribution holidays ) whereby they do not pay any contributions for a period of time . |
| 14 | Let us not shatter that illusion for a week or so . |
| 15 | More important is that this is the first example of a case in which a trust is set up using indirect words : the words are addressed to the trustee ; and they make the testator 's intentions plain enough , although they do not express any request for a transfer of property . |
| 16 | I am saying we must not supplant Anglican worship for a free-wheeling non-conformist style which owes more to Spring Harvest than the A.S.B . |
| 17 | Possibly because the population of Murieston was then too small we did not receive any suggestions for a bus allowing residents to catch trains at Livingston South station . |
| 18 | Hugo looked even more tired and strained than he had earlier , Harriet thought , and Sally was edgy and preoccupied though she seemed greatly relieved when Hugo told her that the insurance investigator , Tom O'Neill , had seemed satisfied with what he had been able to tell him and had not expressed any desire for a further interview or the need to come to the house to speak to Sally . |
| 19 | If British Rail feels that the first stage of the channel tunnel rail link to Stratford and King 's Cross does not offer immediate opportunities for a freight route , there is something seriously amiss in its thinking . |
| 20 | Online catalogue systems at present do not offer any opportunity for a contextual or open approach to searching . |
| 21 | However , these new proposals did not satisfy Slovak demands for a greater measure of autonomy . |
| 22 | ‘ Unfortunately , you do n't win any prizes for a fast-finishing seventh and a race like the Ebor does n't come round every day , ’ he said . |
| 23 | and it does n't do any harm for a short distance but er |
| 24 | They had n't seen each other for a long time . |
| 25 | ‘ I have n't got any money for a cab , ’ said Camille automatically , and just as automatically Scarlet slipped her a fiver while Brian 's back was turned . |
| 26 | No , have I heck , I have n't got enough money for a , really good clothes and shoes that I 'd like |
| 27 | but I do n't mind two pounds for a race night . |
| 28 | We really ca n't see much future for a gang of derelicts like this — ‘ rather a favourable specimen of what is best in our English culture ’ , one character blithely insists — and they do n't see any for themselves . |
| 29 | Most certainly at this point I do n't see any need for a second new settlement . |
| 30 | You ca n't have one rule for a certain player , and different rules for others . |