Example sentences of "they [vb past] [not/n't] [verb] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Welcome though these provisions were , they did not cater for activities such as investment management or investment advice in areas other than in securities dealings . |
| 2 | They did not talk for talking 's sake , in the artificial manner that human beings — and sometimes even their dogs and cats — do . |
| 3 | VALCO got the monopoly rights over ore which they did not exploit for marketing reasons ; and the company operated as an enclave industry . |
| 4 | Their acceptance by God was symbolized by the fact that while the ancient churches prayed for God 's continuing grace for the faithful departed , they did not pray for martyrs . |
| 5 | They did not ask for time to think it over ; there was only one possible answer to such a proposition . |
| 6 | Although they did not allow for transactions costs directly , Cakici , Harpaz and Yagil concluded that some of the deviations were sufficiently large to represent profitable arbitrage opportunities . |
| 7 | They did n't feel for example they could go into the advice centre , they did n't feel it was for them . |
| 8 | Little was known , either , about the families of fourteen children taken into care in Aberdeen at around the same time as those in Ayrshire ; they did n't look for publicity , speak to the press or generate such wide interest and public concern . |
| 9 | They had n't met for years . |
| 10 | They had n't slept for hours . |
| 11 | While they had not asked for permission to enter his lands and claimed they were not in a position to pay for the disturbance , they promised he would be well looked after if the find was as good as appeared . |