Example sentences of "not [be] [verb] for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gabriel said nothing ; she had not been looking for a life-story . |
| 2 | Nicolo shifted unhappily in the little gilt chair that had certainly not been made for a man 's body . |
| 3 | if requests to store/restore files have not been serviced for a period |
| 4 | if requests to store/restore files have not been serviced for a period |
| 5 | The cottage had not been inhabited for a while . |
| 6 | I had not been prepared for a walk across a wasteland under a hot white sun . |
| 7 | Meadowbank , which has not been used for a concert since 1989 , will host the return of the Prince of Pop and his band , the New Power Generation , who last year sold out Glasgow 's Celtic Park . |
| 8 | It was the smell of a hundred bodies that had not been bathed for a week , of a hundred sets of clothes that had been lived and slept in for a week , of excreta and vomit trapped by the windows that had not been opened for a week . |
| 9 | It was the smell of a hundred bodies that had not been bathed for a week , of a hundred sets of clothes that had been lived and slept in for a week , of excreta and vomit trapped by the windows that had not been opened for a week . |
| 10 | As Marslen-Wilson ( 1986 ) has pointed out , the concept of a recognition point , i.e. the point at which a word becomes discriminable within the language system , can not be determined for a word in isolation . |
| 11 | Public examinations , employers ' , schools ' and colleges ' own assessments and profiles , such as that described in Example D , are used to decide whether a pupil will or will not be accepted for a job , vocational training or higher education . |
| 12 | Next year parents whose residual income is below £11,500 will not be assessed for a contribution . |
| 13 | You can not be disconnected for a Hire Purchase debt , a Credit Sale Agreement , or a debt for anything other than supply of gas and or electricity . |
| 14 | The trustee can not be sued for a dividend , but if he refused to pay a dividend , the court may order him to pay it together with , out of his own funds , interest at judgment rate and costs ( s 325(2) ) . |
| 15 | I shall not be gratified for a benefit , although I may return it in the hope of future benefits ; similarly I shall not avenge injuries except as a deterrent to future injuries . |
| 16 | It stated , there is no reason why your long serving member should not be nominated for a merit award . |
| 17 | The same method can not be used for a polymer and one must resort to comparative techniques . |
| 18 | But such individuals can not be recommended for a home with children . |
| 19 | ‘ I will not be applying for a FISA licence until after the Surfers race , ’ said Mario , ‘ and I do n't foresee any problems . |
| 20 | She would not be taken for a fool , either , not when it mattered so much as this . |
| 21 | Meanwhile , Mr Postlethwaite could not be located for a comment . |
| 22 | Is not the timing of that exercise particularly insensitive , and is there any reason why it should not be postponed for a period of , say , a week as a mark of respect to the crew of the Antares , all of whom perished when the vessel was sunk ? |
| 23 | This list does not include unusual or specialised weapons such as repeater hand guns , Goblin Fanatic ball and chain , etc , and such weapons may not be chosen for a character . |
| 24 | No you 're not being taken for a ride , this is a 19th century cabbies shelter . |