Example sentences of "not [verb] [to-vb] a [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | They did not need to have a row for Barry to feel constantly undermined by Helen 's attitudes , spoken and unspoken . |
| 2 | There is no final dividend and Young said it did not expect to make a payment for 1992 . |
| 3 | The literature on electronic publishing does not appear to provide a framework for studying the subject . |
| 4 | It does not claim to explore a methodology for assessing the more difficult areas of non-decisions and the analysis of constraint which is suggested in Marxist approaches to the topic . |
| 5 | ‘ I want to challenge and excite as much as I can but I 'm not going to create a work for the Scottish Ballet that is going to drive their audience away . ’ |
| 6 | " We 've told you we 're not going to get a wedding-dress for you , " Kate said . |
| 7 | Charles was not going to offer a cue for another derogatory observation , so he only picked up his glass and finished his drink . |
| 8 | She gave a hard look at Flavia and said in a hard tone , ‘ Now you 're not going to break a lance for Rosette Fournier ? |
| 9 | ‘ I 'm not going to make a break for it , Pearce . |
| 10 | Mounted in a conspicuous position and in a convincing enclosure , a would-be thief may not wish to risk a break-in for fear of attracting attention from an alarm system , even though no such system may exist . |
| 11 | Applicants must not attempt to indicate a preference for any particular institution . |
| 12 | These rival proposals for reconciling the legal enforcement of contracts with a fidelity to liberal principles do not purport to derive a justification for enforcement from the value of individual autonomy , but rather they assert a justification which minimizes the conflict with individual autonomy . |
| 13 | Increasing the commitment with the treasurer and not to be rash with it but the people understand people who are mostly killed in churches and and either way should not pass to amend a resolution for the Council . |
| 14 | The causal sequence is unimportant , that is , whether the elation or depression came before or after the rise or fall , as the importance of the behaviour would be that ‘ he should stay down quietly and not try to make a comeback for some considerable time ’ ! |
| 15 | For instance , when I first started writing , and had completed my first novels , I was not allowed to sign a contract for it . |
| 16 | His voice was surly , but suddenly he twisted round to face me and took off the headphones , and I thought he was going to apologise for his rudeness of the previous night , but instead he demanded to know if it was true that we were out in the open ocean and were not planning to make a landfall for some days . |
| 17 | ‘ You do n't want to give a fig for those . ’ |
| 18 | If you 're after shareware and do n't want to pay a library for a disk full , the only other way is to either copy the programs from a friend or get on-line to a Bulletin Board System and download the programs from there via a modem . |
| 19 | YOU do n't have to watch a free-kick for a pantomime as suggested in last week 's column . |
| 20 | There 's absolutely nothing to tell your doctor fortunately , so we do n't have to do a summary for you or anything like that . |
| 21 | Then she found that she did n't have to say a word for , his expression the harshest she had ever seen it , Ven was wasting no further time , but was letting forth with a snarled , ‘ Just who the hell are you ? ’ |
| 22 | ‘ He has n't managed to find a replacement for you , so is having to make do with temporary staff . |