Example sentences of "[not/n't] [noun sg] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It is not sport for sport 's sake , ’ says Mr Hawkins , who is an ex-Harlem-Globetrotter , ‘ but a way of imposing a structure on undisciplined lives : in a sports team they turn up regularly , on time , in uniform , and train hard . |
| 2 | Time was made for man , not man for time . |
| 3 | Not word for word , now |
| 4 | To say that it 's not value for money , how can you . |
| 5 | This is not value for money , we 're working with very , very needy people in our community . |
| 6 | It is not time for Labour . |
| 7 | You are cautious/play it safe/hold back/do n't experiment for fear of making a mistake/failing/looking stupid . |
| 8 | " I do n't pretend that medical science has yet found a method of treating cholera that 's quite satisfactory , I do n't say there is n't room for improvement , ladies and gentlemen … but what I do say is that it 's the duty of a member of the medical profession to use the best available treatment known and accepted by his fellow physicians ! |
| 9 | understand the meaning behind the sentence but you could n't word for word . |
| 10 | There simply was n't time for lunch and she worked straight through . |
| 11 | There certainly was n't time for thought just now , and had there been I 'd probably have been sick . ’ |