Example sentences of "n't [verb] [pos pn] [noun] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " Dr McNab still has n't granted my request for evidence that cholera is spread by drinking water . |
| 2 | T. D. The discipline was tyranny but it was n't bad for us — two policemen walking along the road together , talking about women or football like everybody else , and they ca n't keep their eyes for crime or for offences being committed under their noses . |
| 3 | ‘ I could n't move my fingers for cold . ’ |
| 4 | The rubber was stretching and stretching and not tightening enough , and I could n't move my hands for fear of it tearing the flesh off a finger or biting my nose off . |
| 5 | ‘ We d'Urbervilles do n't sell our horses for cat 's meat ! ’ he insisted . |
| 6 | And do n't let your search for material lead you to choose the obscure for obscurity 's sake , so you feel you will be sure to stun the panel with a piece that has no good professional background . |
| 7 | That may be the norm , but , of course , there is also the abnorm when things go wrong , when the fire gets out of control , when , perhaps , the fire brigade has been over worked , or could n't find their way for cigarette smoke , or for all that saturated fat that clogged up the wheels of their tenders . |