Example sentences of "not [vb pp] for a [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet ironically , recent government policies have created a situation where more and more prisoners serving life and other long sentences have rather less to lose , for it has now been decreed that various categories of serious offender will not normally be considered for parole , or not considered for a very long time ( see Chapter 6 ) . |
| 2 | She was not prepared for a very similar question being thrown at her . |
| 3 | This has not made for a smoothly running society , whose members all feel part of a common enterprise . |
| 4 | There was a flicker of response in them which Brian had not seen for a very long time . |
| 5 | It was something he had not felt for a very long time . |