Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] [noun prp] for " in BNC.
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1 | Leith asked promptly , sometimes not seeing Rosemary for days , but missing her now she was n't around . |
2 | He invented a serious accident for his wife as an excuse not to see Eleanor for a while . |
3 | Even this warning did not prepare Robyn for the shock of the foundry . |
4 | I 'm not knocking Keith for that , I think it 's mega , but I do n't see myself being in any sort of league like that . ’ |
5 | But Flynn is not pushing Harper for a decision and is happy to leave things in the air for a fortnight or so . |
6 | I had not seen Otley for some time and climbed up on the wall for a better view . |
7 | I had not seen Hugo for three hours . |
8 | He saw Anna occasionally but he had not seen Freda for years though he had to admit that he might not have recognised her had he passed her in the street . |
9 | It so happened that on one of these Sundays my CO strolled by at the same time , and the AOC asked him why he had not seen Mahaddie for a pilot 's course . |
10 | Sometimes it was all she could do not to reproach Liza for her lack of consideration , for her supine acceptance in letting her mother take on the role which should have been her own . |
11 | Could she not ring Chicago for me ? |
12 | He then went into the Army and did not see Minton for some time . |
13 | It was agreed that they would not see Minton for a while . |
14 | Dexter did not see Blanche for another few hours . |
15 | He went to all the openings , parties and dinners that he wanted to and frequently did not see Constance for several days . |
16 | She did not see Joe for a few days and then one Friday as she walked past she saw him in the teashop and went in to join him . |
17 | Old Trafford boss Alex Ferguson talked him out of an immediate announcement , but Graham Taylor 's decision not to retain Robson for next week 's decisive game in Poland made any further delay pointless . |
18 | But you 'll not have Martha for a wife , not while there 's breath left in my body you wo n't , and you 'll not split my fortune , neither , not if you want to live to see your grandchildren . " |
19 | yeah but er yeah there , there 's a gre there 's a great er it 's a great shame actually erm we may not have Jenny for very much longer , they may not renew her contract which will be a big shame . |
20 | He did not call Amanda for a week . |
21 | The King , understandably enough , did not thank Asquith for implying that he would deviate from the role of strict constitutionality by denying to Labour what he had given to the other parties . |
22 | ‘ I feel there is a need for experience in all positions and I 'm not blaming James for anything other than the first goal against Chesterfield . |
23 | I 'm not fingering Tod for a fruit , not exactly . |
24 | However , considering the tightly controlled aloofness and the fact that Joyce ( whose contributions in a musical capacity are not in doubt ) has led a deliberately low profile , one can not blame Kent for the omission . |
25 | Robbie does not blame Mooney for his injury . |
26 | There I hereby make a pact that I will not blame Joe for anything I copy off her in biology . |
27 | The Huddersfield Canal , planned in 1774 , did not reach Ashton-under-Lyne for another thirty years , through a 5,456 yard tunnel and seventy-four locks , sixty-four of which were in flights . |
28 | You can not pay SMP for any week in which your employee works for you . |
29 | We travelled back and forth between England and India until I was seven when , because of the First World War , we did not leave India for five idyllic years from 1915 . |
30 | For his part Dinca , a former First Deputy Prime Minister , claimed that he had not opposed Ceausescu for fear of being dismissed and even executed . |