Example sentences of "not [vb infin] for a [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The inflation in the early stages of the universe , which the no boundary proposal predicts , means that the universe must be expanding at very close to the critical rate at which it would just avoid recollapse , and so will not recollapse for a very long time . |
| 2 | Esther sent a card to Alix , too , but Alix 's mother forwarded it accidentally-on-purpose to the wrong address possibly because she did not care for a rather elaborate allusion to Lacrima Christi in the text , nor for the brightly coloured shiny modern Madonna which the card portrayed . |
| 3 | They did n't speak for a very long time . |
| 4 | Mr Brown said he really could n't wish for a more destructive class . |
| 5 | I could n't ask for a more caring and loving bunch of people . |