Example sentences of "not [verb] [pron] for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hurley had not forgiven him for the loss of Syrian George , and he was still under heavy pressure from Washington to show results , but in general Coleman made sure they got along for the sake of his back-channel reports to MC/10 Control . |
| 2 | It will not cover me for the hearing . |
| 3 | This suggests that something is amiss with the job definition and , by implication , also with education and training which does not prepare them for the reality . |
| 4 | His mother had not joined them for the meal , bowing in this regard to the T'ang 's wishes . |
| 5 | But it is too soon for him to face the likes of Devon Malcolm , and Fletcher said the tour selectors would not consider him for the pipe opener in Faridabad . |
| 6 | ‘ Then since you accept what I say , madam — ’ interposed the cardinal with a sense of timing that suggested the protector had not nominated him for the task solely on account of his venerability ‘ — might I urge you to give the prince into my custody ! ’ |
| 7 | Life had not prepared him for the task , and it soon became clear that he lacked the natural shrewdness and strength of character that a Gdansk plumber was to show the Polish bosses three years later . |
| 8 | You 'll see — I 'll probably not see him for the rest of the week . ’ |
| 9 | The hair on his face was untrimmed , and his nose had spread with drinking , but the weather-hard skin was not the skin of a drunkard , and if the hair on his temples was thinning , you could not see it for the leather fillet he wore . |
| 10 | ‘ People will not remember me for the amount of money I have accumulated so much as the titles I have won . |
| 11 | She lived for occasions and would not miss one for the world . |
| 12 | ‘ I ‘ m not doing it for the money . |
| 13 | ‘ I 'm not doing it for the money , ’ said the new Bob . |
| 14 | It also did something to the plumbing , and it was decided not to keep us for the month we had been promised , but to billet us out to houses nearby . |
| 15 | The book is intended for undergraduates in their second or third year of a philosophy degree , but this need not necessarily deter readers with other backgrounds ; e.g. , my father claims to be able to understand it , though perhaps he would not thank me for the suggestion that he is representative . |
| 16 | It is crucial not to repeat it for the surprise will be gone and all the children will be looking for is the method . |
| 17 | And since they certainly would not pay her for the work she had already done on the trousseau , where else could she go ? |
| 18 | He gained his school colours for rugger and was unlucky not to get them for the Field Game and the Wall Game — another game confined to Eton . |
| 19 | She joined the Garter knights for a reception and lunch before the ceremony before deciding not to join them for the service at St George 's Chapel . |
| 20 | At this point in Louis 's reign Nithard comments : " the emperor could now feel confident that the aristocracy would not desert him for the rest of his life " . |
| 21 | ( Jakobson associates relationships of contiguity with the figure metonymy , and those of equivalence with that of metaphor , a point which need not concern us for the moment , but which will become relevant in the discussion of Lacan later . ) |
| 22 | Apart from anything else , I ca n't help feeling that if women let men get away with too much bad behaviour , men do not forgive them for the burden of guilt they then have to bear . |
| 23 | I know you could n't hurt her for the world . |
| 24 | I would n't hurt her for the world . ’ |
| 25 | He closed his eyes tightly ; then in a much quieter voice , he said , ‘ Pet , you know I would n't hurt you for the world , but you 're hurting me . |
| 26 | ‘ I do n't need them for the moment , ’ said Apricot , ‘ because Bernard and I do n't do it . |
| 27 | You do n't need me for the moment , but I 'll be back this afternoon . |
| 28 | We do n't need it for the expansion of our race ; indeed , it 's inimical to orderly civilization . |
| 29 | I 'm not particularly fond of the control layout , either ; all the pots in a row look a bit ‘ lumpy ’ and do n't do anything for the line of the body . |
| 30 | ‘ No I do n't do it for the money really . |