Example sentences of "i [modal v] not for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That evening , I went to see King Lear at the Old Vic , but I was unable to shake off my self-pity and I could n't for the life of me see what the old git was moaning about . |
| 2 | You know , when I was bringing up my children in the early seventies I read about the the mergence of the new working woman , you know , how to balance a career and a home and children , and I could n't for the life of me think what was new about this working woman ! |
| 3 | ‘ I could n't for the life of me remember the English name for this vehicle and certainly did n't know what the Russian name was , so I asked him what he would call it . ’ |
| 4 | I could n't for the life of me understand what Emily Lightbody might see in him , except an eternal good time . |
| 5 | For the next few days I was horribly inactive , gripped by a lethargy that I could not for the life of me understand . |
| 6 | I said that it would be unkind and discourteous to decline a visit , but I could not for the life of me see how I could help him where persons of much greater power were impotent . |
| 7 | I would n't for the world he should miscarry . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I would not for a moment have it supposed that I mean anything derogatory to Dr. Yeats … but human nature is fallible . |
| 9 | I would not for a moment be without these sterling qualities but the imagery of this great movement is vivid and declamatory and Bach 's intention was surely to arouse the passions of his audience . |
| 10 | It is wholly unnecessary to go that far in the present case and I would not for a moment suggest that the common law of England is bound or even likely to follow every twist of the development of the common law in the United States . |
| 11 | I would not for a moment propose we face the same immediate peril confronting the world in the early 1940s . |
| 12 | Sir er sir the I think I would not for a moment argue that minerals considerations can be ove overriding in this matter . |
| 13 | Gentlemen , I would not for the world be judge in a cause in which I am one party among three . |
| 14 | And I would not for the world meddle with her plans , though I am proud that she has consented on the way to visit me for a while . |
| 15 | I would not for the world keep him from his rest . |
| 16 | If your good lady mother is indisposed , I would not for the world — ’ |
| 17 | I ca n't for the love of me understand the leadership of all the unions that allowed , we do n't even get enough holidays of what they get on the continent , we should be asking for more , not taking them off us or putting it in October to celebrate Nelson and Trafalgar because I could n't give a monkey for 'em . |
| 18 | I ca n't for the life of me understand what it is you see in it . |
| 19 | ‘ Oh heck , I ca n't for the life of me remember . ’ |
| 20 | Yes , the Government 's sending armaments to help Poland in her fight against the Soviet , but I ca n't for the life of me see what that 's got to do with you ! ’ |
| 21 | GUIL : I ca n't for the life of me see how we 're going to get into conversation . |
| 22 | I ca n't for the life of me see why , if you really feel something , it 's got to be talked about . |
| 23 | And , talking to these teachers , I ca n't for the life of me see what motive any of them can have . |
| 24 | ‘ Only then someone destroyed my confidence , my ability to trust , and , looking at you now , I ca n't for the life of me see how I could possibly have thought myself in love with someone so shallow , so completely self-centred . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ I ca n't for the life of me imagine why , ’ she whispered , ‘ but please do n't stop , will you ? ’ |
| 26 | The trouble is , I ca n't for the life of me remember what I was wearing the last time I went to see Angy , or on the day she died . |
| 27 | I ca n't for the life of me see how it could have been Sheila Williams he was with … |
| 28 | Well erm you see although I learned shorthand and typing it was better money and that was the reason I had to do it , I 've passed my exams in shorthand but er probably there were n't enough offices then to employ a good many clerks , but erm they er it was a very big fellow who used to ring the bell and the bell was on the outside , he was named Tom but I ca n't for the life of me think erm what his other name was but , erm it used to put the fear through us I can tell you if we were around the corner and we heard that bell ringing but erm they , they were a good firm to work for and , but they were strict but everywhere was strict in those days , we had to accept it but it was a long long hours , but erm they knew I had some , I , I enjoyed it and I 'd go back again only I 'm too old . |
| 29 | I 've tried , I ca n't for the life of me remember them |
| 30 | Was I perhaps too busy noticing things that Dr Starkie was missing ( though what they might have been I ca n't for the moment think ) ? |