Example sentences of "n't [adv] [verb] for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I do n't much care for the road you 're leading us along . ’ |
| 2 | " She does n't much care for the river . |
| 3 | Predictably , excessive travel , the fact that county pros are n't better treated for the work they do compared to golfers or tennis players , and the lack of consideration for players in the winter . |
| 4 | That is n't enough to account for the difference between £27.25 to hire a Cessna 152 for an hour at Canterbury NZ and £76.85 for a similar machine at Cambridge UK ( just to take one example ) . |
| 5 | Something like that , trying to remember now what it was , sixteen hundred , sixteen hundred that was it and it says your credit limit is sixteen , sixteen , you could spend up to sixteen hundred pounds , whether you got it or not you can spend it , so we said if we 're gon na get this computer because you get these Air Miles out of it , you know , every ten pounds you get an Air Mile , well if he 's getting a computer over a thousand pounds you know with all the paraphernalia that goes with it , well that 's a lot of Air Miles there , well we said we 'll get it through Access , but there is n't , our credit limit on Access is n't enough to pay for the computer , sixteen hundred it 's more than sixteen hundred , in , in the long , once he 's got his printer and God knows what you know , so I phoned them up and he said erm is it possible to adjust the limit upwards ? |
| 6 | Do n't just go for the figures . |
| 7 | I do n't just go for the light . |
| 8 | But they do n't just flower for the fortnight you spent in Sarajevo : English roses fill the air with fragrance for month after month . |
| 9 | Lewis 's and Blackler 's burnt out , and Lime Street — you ca n't hardly move for the hosepipes all over the ground . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ We ca n't always apologize for the past . |
| 11 | Do n't automatically reach for the pitching wedge or sand iron as you would if the lie of the ball and stance were on level ground . |
| 12 | Erm , we had a erm , I had an aunt and uncle , they lived in Southend , and they used to like to come up and perform em , he had a violin and she used to play the piano , and my erm , father did n't really care for the music , but they liked sort of opera and stuff like that |
| 13 | But Edward went on to tell her that she did n't really care for the children , she only liked to think she did , to make herself feel good . |
| 14 | Well if it was me to keep it balanced I usually put the bigger ones near the bottom or on one side so that the small bit are at the top and the big bits are at the bottom and artistically it looks a bit better balanced but it does n't really matter for the maths where you put it . |
| 15 | Not only was I unable to help with the work , I could n't even care for the family 's tools . |
| 16 | I did n't even wait for the curtain call and the audience must have seen me charging through the lobby as they made their way out . |
| 17 | Even so , do n't immediately reach for the bottle of cure-all . |
| 18 | Terrific except for one think , you did n't actually ask for the client to contact the referrals prior to the approach being made , number five |