Example sentences of "i [vb base] not [verb] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do not think for a moment that the Letter of Aristeas should be taken as a Festal Scroll , something like the Book of Esther , to be read in the Alexandrian synagogues every year on the day on which ( as we know from Philo ) the Alexandrian Jews commemorated the translation ( De vita Mosis 2.41 ) . |
| 2 | I do not suggest for a moment that I have described every interesting object within binocular range , but I think that there is enough variety here to satisfy most people . |
| 3 | ‘ I do not imagine for a minute that someone of your ability will have come here without prying into my background . |
| 4 | I do not concede for a moment that this is a devolution measure . |
| 5 | No criticism of the appellants is to be made in that respect because , alive to the problem , they had applied to the registrar for directions ; it was as a result of his directions , which I do not question for a moment , that the appeal came before this court . |
| 6 | I do not believe for a moment that , with unemployment heading towards three million , the benefits would be significantly dissipated by higher inflation , any more than were the benefits of depreciation in the early 1980s . |
| 7 | I do not believe for a moment that in the future we shall allow millions of our fellow-countrymen , through no fault of their own , to pass through life ill-housed , ill-clothed , ill-fed , ill-educated . |
| 8 | I do not deny for a moment that about 0.01 per cent . |
| 9 | The event was not much talked about in the family ; it was too dreadful ; and I do n't suppose for a moment that Aunt Kate , then living abroad , would have wondered whether she , herself , might not have played a part in the sequence of events ; nor do I remember any such theory ever having been put forward or even thought of at the time . |
| 10 | ‘ I do n't suppose for a moment that anyone has asked her , ’ said Penelope . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | I 'd love to help her , and I know every one of us would ; but I do n't think for a moment that Miss Miggs would let us pay her fare , even if we could raise so much money . ’ |
| 13 | I do n't think for a minute that I can work them out in movies . |
| 14 | And I do n't think for a moment that I 'm alone in feeling this way . |
| 15 | I do n't think for a minute we 'll have to . ’ |
| 16 | I do n't know for a minute wait a minute |
| 17 | ‘ You can be certain they hope for that but I do n't believe for a moment they expect it . |
| 18 | ‘ I do n't believe for a minute that you have no intention of making love to me . |
| 19 | ‘ I 've not played for a long time and to get a goal in the first ten minutes was incredible . |
| 20 | ‘ I 've not come for a drink . |
| 21 | Our young labourer Kevin , whom I 've not mentioned for a while , gets the strenuous pick and shovel jobs . |
| 22 | Ah , now this is the one I have n't done for a long time , now this is the one |
| 23 | No , I have n't done for a while see I |
| 24 | No , she actually just , I have n't seen for a long time so she can have one of these . |
| 25 | I have n't eaten for a week . |
| 26 | I have n't arranged for a secondary . |
| 27 | Very busy I have n't stopped for a second . |
| 28 | It 's the first time I 've actually , well cos I have n't sung for a long time . |
| 29 | I have n't toured for a few years now , apart from the World Cup and I made that an exception because I felt we could go all the way and win it . ’ |
| 30 | I have n't paid for a ‘ phone call in years . |