Example sentences of "[vb base] [not/n't] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But this is the room eventually we 're going to use I mean not for a long time yet , as a working medieval kitchen . |
| 2 | These differ from college accommodation services in that they act not for the prospective tenant but on behalf of the landlords by pre-sifting applicants . |
| 3 | Look not for the romantic glamour of Lake Geneva , the dramatic backcloth of Lake Lucerne , or the fascinating cosmopolitanism of Lake Constance ( the Bodensee ) . |
| 4 | Having asked the question , he offered no personal answer : ‘ Like jesting Pilate , I stay not for an answer : though the question awaits our collective resolution ’ . |
| 5 | If the term subjection be used in its extreme sense I do not for a moment believe that any such solution exists . |
| 6 | His alternative is what he calls an ‘ appreciative ’ stance : ‘ These appreciative sentiments are easily summarized : we do not for a moment wish that we could rid ourselves of deviant phenomena . |
| 7 | Clive Barnes — later to become one of the ‘ Butchers of Broadway ’ , as critic for the New York Times wrote : ‘ Although One Over The Eight is described as a ‘ new revue ’ do not for a moment be fooled . |
| 8 | ‘ I do not for a moment doubt the right and duty of the media to comment on sentences and criticise judges . |
| 9 | They do not for the most part take a position like that of Boas and Evans-Pritchard which rejects the very notion that there are general laws governing human history ; and if they do not , it would seem that they too are driving , however cautiously , towards an understanding of human history in general , in other words toward a theory of human evolution . |
| 10 | But our sources do not for the most part interest themselves in times of peace — the impression from Diodorus ' own narrative is that Dionysius did little but fight wars against Carthage ; but Carthaginian aggressiveness , like Persian , was exaggerated by ‘ crusading ’ Greek historiography and poetry . |
| 11 | Benjamin 's modest but handsome little portrait seems to want to relay a message to us : I may not be blue-blooded , it says , but please do n't for a minute put me down as any kind of manual labourer — I belong to the established and rising ranks of the artisan middle-class . |
| 12 | I do n't , do n't for a minute think it 's from that hand , because you know the tingling , you 're s are you supposed to get tingling all time ? |
| 13 | I no no I do n't for a start accept it . |
| 14 | There are ninety nine pupils , the total staff is one hundred , of course that does not for a moment mean that er , there is one member of staff attendant on each pupil at all times , and I do n't for a moment suggest that . |
| 15 | That 's routine , and I do n't for a minute expect there to be any complications . |
| 16 | It 's just that I like him and it 's silly to pretend I do n't for the sake of pride . |
| 17 | ‘ I care not for the hurt if it indeed avenged your insults , my lord , ’ Isabel retorted . |
| 18 | ‘ I have not for a moment suggested that children should be removed from the care of their parents . |
| 19 | The efforts of African leaders to build a new political system within their countries in the last twenty-five years have not for the most part been successful . |
| 20 | However the facts are that the courts have not for the last 300 years recognised , nor have they acted upon , a logic which renders all questions of law jurisdictional . |
| 21 | I went , erm I have n't for a while , I said but I do very occasionally cos I he goes |
| 22 | I do n't trust them and I have n't for the seven and a half years I 've been inside jail . |