Example sentences of "we [modal v] not [verb] [pron] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | We should not do it for our sex . |
| 2 | We should not blame him for being a man of his time but commend him for his remarkable vision and altruism . |
| 3 | The idea of taxing what most people regard as their birthright , fresh air , is startling , but perhaps Tolba is right : we should not take it for granted . |
| 4 | We must not blame him for this for he is a product of the evolution which used that very ruthlessness to make him just what he is , and what we all are at the beginning of our lives . |
| 5 | We work all year round but ca n't work on the uplands during the winter months — we might not see it for six to eight weeks . |
| 6 | ‘ We would not ask someone for his future plans if the intention was to get rid of him , ’ stressed Kelly . |
| 7 | We can not do it for ourselves , it is gift and grace — God acting on and in us to create a new willingness to see with his eyes , think with his mind , adopt his values and attitudes ( 1 Cor. |
| 8 | We can not blame him for this — he has his career to think of — but we must protest when he puts on his most earnest face and lectures the other two parties . |
| 9 | However , even if we can not blame him for murdering the other in his sleep , we might respect him more if he did put himself at a disadvantage by clinging to one of his last disintegrating scraps of morality . |
| 10 | It is not worth our while because we can not redeem them for as much as they would get for five- or 10-dollar bills . ’ |
| 11 | But Mills warned : ‘ We can not take anything for granted . ’ |
| 12 | We can not take it for granted any longer that the division of Germany is sustainable ; in consequence , the whole European security order may be unstable . |