Example sentences of "n't [verb] [adv prt] for [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | You had n't turned up for that date . |
2 | On reflection , he rather regrets that they were n't looking out for each other . |
3 | Apart from the fact that I 've never known her dig up a weed or pick a single daffodil , she simply is n't cut out for that kind of work . ’ |
4 | He realized that he ‘ was n't cut out for academic work ’ . |
5 | She just was n't cut out for this sort of thing ! |
6 | ‘ I do n't go in for other stuff , ’ he said . |
7 | I 've only known you a few days , Luke , and I do n't go in for casual sex . ’ |
8 | But the non-conformists did n't go in for much decoration . |
9 | I wonder more people do n't go in for that sort of thing . |
10 | ‘ Stop fussing , ’ said Joe , ‘ I do n't go in for that sort of thing . |
11 | My family did n't go in for that sort of thing . |
12 | They are n't moody ; they do n't go in for sexual harassment |
13 | Though he kept a folder packed with suggestions for new volumes , he was keen to emphasise their serious didactic nature : ‘ We do n't go in for quick quack books . ’ |
14 | Enya does n't go in for intellectual analysis of her music much , but when I tell her these first reactions to her heart- breakingly beautiful new album , ‘ Shepherd Moons ’ , she lights up with a certain delighted relief that two years of studio work seems to be hitting the right target . |
15 | er There is obviously a certain party atmosphere at Conferences , it 's the one big chance of the year for many many hard-working activists to get together and share ideas , it does engender er a certain amount of frivolity er around the edges , so we 'll see some of that , but we do n't go in for this cult of leadership which the other parties do , you wo n't see any manufactured longstanding ovations for er leaders . |
16 | I 'm an old-fashioned textual critic , not a biographer — I do n't go in for this sort of — it was n't profit — I 'll put them back next week — I wanted them to be a secret . |
17 | They do n't go in for this sort of thing . |
18 | Well that , that 's why I think I went down so hard when I did n't get that job cos she said , I , I took , I took the erm , I went , I was the first , to go , first of all I did n't put in for this job it 's one that 's been laying around since last September , I wrote to , kept to St. Mary 's for this mental health thing and I got in touch with this Mrs and she said I 've got nothing I can offer you at the moment but I , I will be in touch and I went down the job centre one day and erm , there was this thing to say that they wanted mental nurses |
19 | that that green was n't put on for that competition . |
20 | Who said ‘ P*** off , we do n't get up for another hour . |