Example sentences of "do [not/n't] [verb] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Needless to say , this attitude did not make for a good marriage . |
| 2 | Most of them did not control for a possible confounding effect of H pylori infection . |
| 3 | Susie did not reply for a long time . |
| 4 | The superb frescoes , concealed from sight by Muslim prejudice for nearly five hundred years , were again on view , but they did not compensate for a profound sense of desecration . |
| 5 | She heaved out a great sigh and did not move for a full fifteen seconds : the sergeant watched them tick past , marked by the flick of the thin red hand of the electric clock on the wall . |
| 6 | I left the hotel early and in pleasant sunshine , wearing a light jacket and bow tie , but alas did not bargain for a sudden change in the weather . |
| 7 | It is rubbish to think that , because Sheikh Mohammed and his brothers did not bid for a single horse at Newmarket last week , the racing game is about to die on its feet . |
| 8 | I doubted not that they were law officers , but did not linger for a second look , being already at the casement windows into the side garden . |
| 9 | The agreement did not provide for a specific " quota of power " for the FMLN , an issue which had been a major sticking-point in negotiations . |
| 10 | Dana did not reappear for a few days , and during that time I felt I was going mad . |
| 11 | It was argued that he should have been sentenced to a term of detention in a young offender institution , and that he did not qualify for a custodial sentence for that purpose under Criminal Justice Act 1982 , s.1(4) and 1(4A) . |
| 12 | Do not start for a strange city or town , even for a night , without previous information of a safe place to stay . |
| 13 | One , the non-contributory invalidity pension , is paid for those who are incapable of work and do not qualify for a contributory pension . |
| 14 | Married women and widows who do not qualify for a basic pension in their own right may be entitled to a basic pension on their husband 's contributions at about 60 per cent of the level to which he is entitled ( see ‘ Pensions for women ’ at the end of the chapter ) . |
| 15 | There are very particular financial strains for those who are divorced or separated who do not qualify for a special pension like a widow . |
| 16 | No stamp duty should be payable because of these reliefs but the Regulations do not provide for a hybrid certificate . |
| 17 | You see , when we went through the asteroid storm , I did n't watch for a few seconds . |
| 18 | THEY had a homosexual , a nymphomaniac , an alcoholic and a Cockney crook — but they did n't reckon for a serial killer . |
| 19 | What we did n't know for a long time was that this book is his revenge on his parents . |
| 20 | I 'm surprised Sister did n't ask for a single room . |
| 21 | Sir Stanley 's only regret is that he did n't play for a few years more . |
| 22 | She did n't breathe for a long time . |
| 23 | You can also choose sealed units that give your windows the small-paned Georgian look , or the appearance of leaded lights in square and diamond formats , with none of the cleaning problems — the glazing bars and lead strips are set in the gap between the outer panes ( as long as you do n't go for a large picture window with this effect — it can look just plain silly ! ) . |
| 24 | In an era of fast food , subsistence incomes do n't make for a culinary culture . |
| 25 | erm actually I do n't mean for a gipsy site it 's sort of two people have applied to have ordinary caravans there , like holiday caravans , etc . |
| 26 | We still use the old byre for milking and the few cows I keep do n't call for a new mechanical milker . |
| 27 | In this case , Lord Denning distinguished Bartlett v Sidney Marcus ( 1965 ) by explaining that if a car does not go for a reasonable time and the engine breaks up , this is evidence to show that the car was not fit for its purpose when sold . |
| 28 | This implication does not hold for a normative-explanatory account . |
| 29 | What is really problematic is that psychoanalysis produces a theory of identity [ i.e. sexual difference ] which does not allow for a genuine heterogeneity and contradiction in our diverse identifications . |
| 30 | The latter , while providing a crucial guide for the understanding of the way terms are used in different contexts , does not allow for a simple explanation based on substitutivity . |