Example sentences of "not [vb pp] for a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Not painted for a specific location and comprising canvases of different dimensions , the frieze was a pool of images from which Munch made withdrawals for sale , replacing the pictures which he had plundered with new versions of the same composition . |
2 | The kind of music she had not heard for a long time . |
3 | People asked exoneration from a mistake made by a group to which they belonged-the nation-not in individual innocence but in membership of a different and more immediate community that had acted well , a state that had not voted for a dishonest president . |
4 | No , they 're not made for a tall man er , you know my |
5 | He may have been joking , but his fatalistic sentiment was in the sane vein as a cruel remark made as Davies 's men departed in triumph : ‘ We understood Eastbourne were the only team who have not applied for a postal vote in the General Election . ’ |
6 | Although they discovered they had hardly a single taste in common , he was nonetheless a witty and amusing host and she found herself laughing in a way she had not done for a considerable time . |
7 | These were friends not seen for a long time , visited now because there was something to celebrate . |
8 | ‘ I 've not played for a long time and to get a goal in the first ten minutes was incredible . |
9 | Pearl has the unenviable reputation of being one of the more sleepy members within a sector not noted for a dynamic approach . |
10 | If the player tampers with those , he is blamed for hitting a sour note , not praised for a daring interpretation . |
11 | She said she had been released half a mile away on a misty common and had not eaten for a long time . |
12 | Anyway , we thought it would be suitably ironic and some sort of justice for having been booted off the Argent tour to cover that song , especially as Argent have not existed for a long time . |
13 | But she had not bargained for a complete refusal to attend . |
14 | That was the fate of the worker on the Anglo American farm estate Vergelegen , dismissed for asking his employers why he was not paid for a public holiday . |
15 | Even when not launched for a revolutionary purpose , war according to Marx has a revolutionary effect . |
16 | ‘ Switzerland have not qualified for a major tournament since the 1966 World Cup finals and have grown used to losing . |