Example sentences of "n't [vb infin] for [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In an era of fast food , subsistence incomes do n't make for a culinary culture . |
| 2 | He says : ‘ Small budgets , apologetic councils strapped for cash , and a complex social and sometimes ethnic mix of young customers and their parents do n't make for an easy life . ’ |
| 3 | It certainly does n't make for an ideal working relationship , does it ? ’ |
| 4 | My monthly insurance payment worked out at £18.20 , but I could n't qualify for the Denplan scheme until the necessary work had been carried out to make my mouth dentally fit . |
| 5 | If you ca n't wait for a new model , the Black & Decker Woodworker is ideal for the beginner , or for those wanting a second router for lots of small repetitive tasks . |
| 6 | When intercepting a desired track QDM do n't wait for the exact Track QDM . |
| 7 | What we did n't know for a long time was that this book is his revenge on his parents . |
| 8 | They do n't act for the governing body , by any chance ? ’ |
| 9 | But do n't opt for the obvious solution : cutting the stuff into stunted threads is practised only by the infantile . |
| 10 | A Protestant woman , naturally , I do n't speak for the other sort . ’ |
| 11 | He knew he ought not to mark the books really , but it was only a tiny mark in pencil and no-one could accuse him of defacing library property , not really , it would n't do for an ex-library committee member to be caught defacing library property now would it . |
| 12 | This wo n't work for a single motif , but how about a single motif in black , knitted against a striped background of bright jewel colours , or white on pastel stripes ? ( for this , the card does n't need to be reversed of course . ) |
| 13 | They did n't work for the Labour Party , which failed to persuade the voters of the value of self-sacrifice . |
| 14 | What will happen in fact is that you 'll have a start date for your system , which was basically when N1 was , and what they will be looking for is that everything from that date forward is complying right so that a job that started before then , they wo n't look for the initial part of that job to comply right as of that date onwards they will look for it to comply . |
| 15 | The slogans of the main parties could be summed up as ‘ Do n't vote for the other party ’ ; and the only person rising in the polls was the leader of the Liberal Democrats , whose message could be summed up as ‘ Do n't vote for negative campaigning ’ . |
| 16 | What it basically means is that if someone makes a gift during his lifetime and-does n't die for a given period , that gift is free of estate duty , or partly free . |
| 17 | But that wo n't happen for a long time , says Richard Outcalt , a retail-sales consultant in Seattle . |
| 18 | In London it 's only Annabel 's or Tramp — the rest do n't happen for the certain crowd , the newspaper-worthy crowd I 'm looking for . ’ |
| 19 | THEY had a homosexual , a nymphomaniac , an alcoholic and a Cockney crook — but they did n't reckon for a serial killer . |
| 20 | erm actually I do n't mean for a gipsy site it 's sort of two people have applied to have ordinary caravans there , like holiday caravans , etc . |
| 21 | You can also choose sealed units that give your windows the small-paned Georgian look , or the appearance of leaded lights in square and diamond formats , with none of the cleaning problems — the glazing bars and lead strips are set in the gap between the outer panes ( as long as you do n't go for a large picture window with this effect — it can look just plain silly ! ) . |
| 22 | And it 's funny an' all that the dirty buggers do n't go for the ragged-arsed lot that 's swarmin , the place . |
| 23 | She did n't breathe for a long time . |
| 24 | ‘ You would n't care for a wafer-thin mint ? ’ the barman enquired . |
| 25 | It also does n't account for the shattering effect of the great climaxes , nor the invigorating range and quickness of Birtwistle 's motivic thought . |
| 26 | You ca n't ask for a specific taxi company or |
| 27 | If , for any reason , South African Richard Snell decides to go back to his studies or does n't ask for a renewed contract with Somerset , they could also be eyeing Aqib . |
| 28 | They must learn what every child knows that you ca n't ask for a present back . |
| 29 | Erm and she 's had seven youngsters and she 's brought them up and she a , on her own she 's had to bring them up cos he left her for another , another woman and erm she had the seven and she 's worked and fought hard cos she would n't ask for a darn thing and er they 're , they 're great those kids , they are , they 're a credit to her , you know , but it 's taken it out of her , she 's |
| 30 | I 'm surprised Sister did n't ask for a single room . |