Example sentences of "did not [vb infin] [adv prt] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Describing the American feature film , The Last Temptation of Christ , to which he awarded a certificate , as a challenging religious film he said that acontroversial scene : ‘ It indicated that Christ had sex , but it did not go on for 14 minutes . ’ |
| 2 | Parker did not go in for German beer . |
| 3 | ‘ And she did n't go in for violent amateur dramatics with a bunch of friends ? ’ |
| 4 | My family did n't go in for that sort of thing . |
| 5 | But the non-conformists did n't go in for much decoration . |
| 6 | How was she to explain that she did n't go in for this high-profile look ? |
| 7 | Take the Singles ' Society , which seemed to exist solely so that its smartly dressed president could chat up pretty girls ; or the Alice Society : ‘ You did n't sign up for that did you , ’ said one newcomer to his friend as they left . |
| 8 | The snow did n't slack off for 36 hours . |
| 9 | My mother 's been up there and she did n't come back for two hours and she came back we kept well he 'd sold a lot of meat in the meantime . |
| 10 | She did n't come back for two days . |
| 11 | He did n't come back for several hours , afraid of Mum 's temper but Dad said he would replace the mirror and this seemed to pacify her . |
| 12 | ‘ She went under a desk and did n't come out for four days . |
| 13 | I mean , i if he , if you said something like that to him and he went away and he did n't turn up for two or three days , you would never live with yourself . |
| 14 | Should have been seven — but I did n't turn up for three . ’ |
| 15 | Well that , that 's why I think I went down so hard when I did n't get that job cos she said , I , I took , I took the erm , I went , I was the first , to go , first of all I did n't put in for this job it 's one that 's been laying around since last September , I wrote to , kept to St. Mary 's for this mental health thing and I got in touch with this Mrs and she said I 've got nothing I can offer you at the moment but I , I will be in touch and I went down the job centre one day and erm , there was this thing to say that they wanted mental nurses |