Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] for [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Milan can be circumspect about visiting conductors , but on this occasion even the orchestra was stamping its approval for Lorin Maazel , a phenomenon I was told the Scala had not witnessed for over two decades ( you would have thought they might have managed it in the recent past for Muti , watching with no evident rancour from the box : but apparently not ) . |
| 2 | The Scarman Report commented on the turnover of staff in the mail order department in 1976 : ‘ many of the immigrant workers did not stay for very long : the threat of dismissal must have been an anxiety for many in the workforce . |
| 3 | Jordi seemed frightened , and we did not stay for long . |
| 4 | However , Waddington noted that " the SAP [ South African Police ] is an unaccountable police force " and that the " difficulties encountered " by his inquiry team " suggested [ that ] systems do not exist for either internal or external accountability " . |
| 5 | If you did n't buy New Scientist in order to find out more about science , the magazine would not exist for long . |
| 6 | Modigliani and Miller argue that this situation can not persist for long as it offers arbitrage profits to the individual investor . |
| 7 | Such a situation can not persist for long since firms would go out of business . |
| 8 | She 's not painted for so long that she 'll just have to be encouraged more and more . |
| 9 | It was increasingly argued that unnecessary State control of personal and community affairs was wrong in principle , serving merely to weaken the capacity of the individual to enhance life chances ; arguments not heard for perhaps half a century were rehearsed . |
| 10 | She 'd had no lunch and was beginning to feel the effects of not eating for so long . |
| 11 | Fabia found an answering encouraging smile , but her smile did not remain for long when after a second or two of studying her Cara stated , quite clearly , ‘ You . ’ |
| 12 | From SIDT 's standpoint , official indicators do not count for much . |
| 13 | She said that a few cross words with Riley and Linley did not count for much . |
| 14 | If the feeding tube were withdrawn Tony would not survive for more than two weeks . |
| 15 | It could not survive for long , and the Council would soon have to be made accountable to the European Parliament in some form or another . |
| 16 | The new pope was still pro-imperial , but did not survive for long , dying on the 3rd December 1154 . |
| 17 | If most experiences were nonveridical — or , to put it another way , if seeing did not usually justify believing — we probably would not survive for long . |
| 18 | Finally , it should be noted that high U/Pb does not survive for long in the convecting mantle ; otherwise the magnitude of Pb isotopic heterogeneity in basalts would be greatly increased . |
| 19 | If you have not found a queen , your colony will not survive for long , so try again . |
| 20 | In 1718 a system of intendants on the French model was established ; and though it did not survive for long it was revived in 1749 with marked success . |
| 21 | If there 's another hole and the water swamps us , we will not survive for long in these icy waters . ’ |
| 22 | Small shops can not survive for long under these conditions . |
| 23 | During October 1989 the Bush administration appeared to take a more positive stance on perestroika , playing down the views of Deputy National Security Adviser Robert Gates , the leading proponent of the view that the USA should not react strongly to perestroika , because the reformist Soviet administration under Gorbachev might not survive for long . |
| 24 | She might get a few days riding from it , but it could not survive for long . |
| 25 | It was not to work for long . |
| 26 | She knew , although she did not know for quite how long , she had been running aimlessly . |
| 27 | ( 2 ) Notwithstanding exceptions to the rule that a solicitor may not act for both seller and buyer , in any such case a solicitor can not act as there is a conflict of interest between the parties . |
| 28 | Although adults can wait for an expected reward , for example until the end of the month for their salary , pre-school children can not wait for even a few hours . |
| 29 | Unfortunately the tight filming schedule could not wait for just two weeks or so until a suitable engine ( ie a 4F 0-6-0 ) arrived at Bury . |
| 30 | If they are to throw themselves fully into battle by land and sea , they can not wait for ever . |