Example sentences of "[vb past] not for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jesus said he came not for such ‘ virtuous ’ people but to give hope to those who were aware of their need of God . |
| 2 | This time there was no mistake made , he was known , and killed not for another , but for himself . ’ |
| 3 | Towards the latter part of the first century , Rome 's presiding cleric named Clement wrote on behalf of his church to remonstrate with the Corinthian Christians who had ejected clergy without either financial or charismatic endowment in favour of a fresh lot ; Clement apologized not for intervening but for not having acted sooner . |
| 4 | Providing copious statistics for the numbers of bombers dispatched , those that reached their targets and those that did not for one reason or another , this book is a complete overview of a major aspect of the air war against mainland Germany . |
| 5 | Hastings ' previous dealings with the Tula tribe would seem rather to diminish the role played by force of personality in this affair , but the traveller and eccentric socialist R.B. Cunninghame Graham , who contributed an introduction to Hastings ' book , did not for that reason forbear to indicate that force of personality was precisely what it showed . |
| 6 | He had not for one minute , he said , imagined this could happen and they had even planned to move to Mexico where he was in the process of renovating a house for them ; the bedrooms were complete and he had made a nursery for Michelle 's daughter , China , never to be occupied . |
| 7 | If she went to the Dordogne she would be facing a life that had gone on without her , a life that had not for one minute taken her into consideration . |
| 8 | The hard core of support seemed to have risen slightly during the year , but voting Green in the Euro-elections had not for most of the voters signified a new allegiance . |