Example sentences of "do [not/n't] [verb] [pers pn] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Paint and varnish slow down moisture changes in wood but they do not prevent them for no paint is impermeable to water vapour . |
| 2 | You add the wine , and mix it with the eggs and cheese , pour the mixture into a flameproof casserole and put it to cook immediately , but you do not leave it for an instant : you stir ceaselessly until you have a homogenous cream , and you serve it sizzling in the recipient in which it has cooked . " |
| 3 | Apart from anything else , I ca n't help feeling that if women let men get away with too much bad behaviour , men do not forgive them for the burden of guilt they then have to bear . |
| 4 | ‘ That 's right , do n't leave it for the rats , ’ Mrs Grindlewood-Gryke called . |
| 5 | ‘ No I do n't do it for the money really . |
| 6 | I said well in all fairness Paul , you ai n't actually bloody got , I said I do n't do it for the fun of it I said and I do n't like doing it but I see , he just sort of |
| 7 | Do n't mistake me for a patriot , but I want to take issue with Hardware director Richard Stanley 's remarks about the US ( FACE 24 ) . |
| 8 | ‘ Paine is right … the French are right … long live the French ! … use their heads instead of pigs ’ bladders … put her in the Marshalsea and do n't feed her for a week … see her prettiness then … ’ |
| 9 | I do n't offer you these for twopence , ’ my Granpa would shout , holding up a cabbage in both hands , ‘ I do n't offer 'em for a penny , not even a ha'penny . |
| 10 | right if you do n't want it for a pound I 'll have it back |
| 11 | ‘ But I do n't want you for a stonechipper ! |
| 12 | I just deliver the stuff , I do n't interview it for the Sunday papers . ’ |
| 13 | You do n't fool me for a second . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I 'm sorry , modom , do n't blame me for the shortages . |
| 15 | ‘ Do n't blame me for the way you interpret anything I say , ’ he said blandly . |
| 16 | So people do n't blame him for the consequences of Versailles ? |
| 17 | Too easily it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy : ‘ We ca n't expect the majority of students to do very well — so do n't blame us for the failures . ’ |
| 18 | Do n't punish them for the way in which they behave today and let them get away with the same thing tomorrow just because your own mood is different , or the matter is n't worth ‘ all that bother ’ anyway . |
| 19 | ‘ I do n't believe you for a moment ; even if I did , you 're my only lead and I 'm not going to let you out of my sight until I catch up with Garry . |
| 20 | ‘ I do n't need them for the moment , ’ said Apricot , ‘ because Bernard and I do n't do it . |
| 21 | You do n't need me for the moment , but I 'll be back this afternoon . |
| 22 | We do n't need it for the expansion of our race ; indeed , it 's inimical to orderly civilization . |
| 23 | As you know erm we , we take the money here we do n't charge you for the talk but we give ten percent back to your W I so it 's a self funding situation . |
| 24 | ‘ I do n't doubt it for a moment . ’ |
| 25 | Oh their life 's can be totally wrecked , I do n't doubt it for a moment . |
| 26 | ‘ Oh , come on , do n't play me for a fool ! |
| 27 | I think one of the problems is , that a lot of shoppers do n't realize that they 're entering into a contract and we do n't realize it for the simple reason that most people have , as soon as you hear the word contract you have a mental image of a legal document that you sign , do n't you ? |
| 28 | ‘ Do n't use it for a few days , and see how it goes . ’ |
| 29 | And do n't save it for the birds . |