Example sentences of "do [not/n't] [verb] in for [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | The French do not go in for diphthongs but have at least one vowel sound that almost defeats the Anglo-Saxon . |
2 | I exaggerate , of course : they do n't go in for tears , they just ignore me . |
3 | And we do n't go in for naughtiness . |
4 | I do n't go in for gossip . |
5 | Apart from the fact that there 's an eleven-year gap in our ages and I do n't go in for cradle-snatching , she happens to be my stepsister . ’ |
6 | ‘ Well , y'know , Else always was one for washing , she gets it from me , but Sidney , 'e do n't go in for baths much , well men do n't , do they ? |
7 | " We do n't go in for flowers , " said Clelia , displaying with a sweep of her arm the lower level , curiously cluttered with urns , a bench , a dislocated piece of mosaic resting on its end , and a functionless fountain . |
8 | Mushroom is respectable too , I should add — but we do n't go in for tans , we 're too worried about skin cancer . |
9 | ‘ I do n't go in for crystal gazing . ’ |
10 | We do n't go in for presents . |
11 | I do n't go in for numbers as names . |
12 | We do n't go in for spirits though do we ? |