Example sentences of "n't [vb infin] for the [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | yeah , I find that , that I 've done it and I 've written down the answer and then I ca n't think which number does it go to , and by the time I 've got to number one they 're on about six , so I might as well , I 'm lost it completely , so I ca n't do that either and my project work , course work , goes towards certain percent of my marks and I ca n't think for the life of me why |
| 2 | So we 're gon na catch every traffic light on red now there was something I wanted to go into Wisbech for but I ca n't think for the life of me what it was , I must get stuck into this Christmas shopping again , really must so much to do and such little time to do it in oh he 's , he 's put that car down five hundred pounds , that price of that car was , that he got for sale on it seven , seven , nine , five , |
| 3 | great , I could n't wait For the life of Mrs |
| 4 | could n't wait For the life of Mrs |
| 5 | could n't wait For the life of Mrs Riley . |
| 6 | We could n't claim to be anything else ; we could n't speak for the families of Terry Waite or Brian Keenan . |
| 7 | The they used to the Non-conformists whether or not I could n't speak for the Church of England but er there 'd be a lot go you know i in the evening there 'd be several hundred at every one of these places , and there was , there 'd be , ooh four or five Non=conformist places in in . |
| 8 | complicated when you start it out , but if you ca n't remember for the life of you then , it 's quite |
| 9 | In other words , I mean I 'm retired and I mean the point is that my erm experience goes back into the er into the dark ages I can almost say because in these days , you probably realise , I mean if anybody buys a video you do n't ask you do n't look for the book of instructions you ask about a five year old kiddy how to programme it ! |
| 10 | Was he right then when he told the people of Scotland , ’ Do n't vote for the proposals of the Labour party because they do not contain any responsibility for raising revenue . |
| 11 | They certainly did n't realise for the length of that trip that they were travelling with another stallion , and the horses arrived at their new home safely . |
| 12 | Israel wo n't and should n't pay for the freedom of Kuwait |
| 13 | ‘ Well , ’ said Hilda , raising her voice slightly , ‘ I did n't go for the pleasure of his company . |
| 14 | Josie did n't reappear for the rest of the evening , which pissed Lucy off mightily . |
| 15 | I do n't care for the practice of polling because of polling because it is direct descendant of that fraudulent invention sociology . |
| 16 | I ca n't imagine I can only say that from my knowledge of Herefordshire as a Herefordian myself , I ca n't imagine for the life of me that there are seven thousand people locally who could remotely afford a thousand pounds per share . |
| 17 | Do n't ask for the Well of Lunatics — that 's the old name , and people will be embarrassed . |