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 should n't kid ourselves for in factories and workplaces around the country G M B and T & G are at each other 's throats . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | We could n't protect you for ever . " |
| 8 | ‘ We could n't afford it for our honeymoon , but we always promised ourselves , half jokingly , that one day … ’ |
| 9 | I wanted Keith and we could n't get him for anything less . ’ |
| 10 | We said we would n't charge them for the stage blocks . |
| 11 | ‘ We would not ask someone for his future plans if the intention was to get rid of him , ’ stressed Kelly . |
| 12 | Walter , I know you were n't there Walter so we ca n't blame you for whatever 's happened but have you got a theory about it ? |
| 13 | they 're saying that their fixing figures by not putting people on the waiting list so the waiting lists are shorter , because they 're putting , not , they 're saying that to people we ca n't treat you for about two years so I 'm not going to put you on the list at the moment , so they 're , cooking the books , that 's what they reckon |
| 14 | He 's afraid of sleeping too , and we ca n't do anything for him . |
| 15 | Well of course , it 's not er , by chance the bible and God uses that picture because we 're , we are just like sheep in that sense , we ca n't do anything for ourselves . |
| 16 | ‘ We are declaring people homeless and then they are having to join a queue because we ca n't do anything for them , there is such a backlog . ’ |
| 17 | We ca n't take them for you . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I 'll have to keep them open tonight ; we 're expected to win but we ca n't take anything for granted in World Cup football . ’ |
| 19 | And the bloke said well we ca n't charge you for that . |
| 20 | Yeah but they said we ca n't charge you for it he said we sell a new tube or sell you a new tyre he said we can charge you but we ca n't charge you labour . |
| 21 | Since we ca n't find out who did actually make it we ca n't sue anybody for all the costs that that involved in trying put it right . |
| 22 | We ca n't repay you for what you 've done . |
| 23 | I think the only other way of doing it is n't it is to say we wo n't do it for every course initially . |
| 24 | ‘ If the right player becomes available , we wo n't lose him for the sake of an extra penny . ’ |
| 25 | So we wo n't see him for many years , perhaps never again ! |
| 26 | 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. |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . ’ |
| 30 | But Mills warned : ‘ We can not take anything for granted . ’ |