Example sentences of "[vb mod] not for [art] " in BNC.

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1 It is a commitment to a set of practical arrangements that should not for a minute outlive its usefulness .
2 For the next few days I was horribly inactive , gripped by a lethargy that I could not for the life of me understand .
3 I said that it would be unkind and discourteous to decline a visit , but I could not for the life of me see how I could help him where persons of much greater power were impotent .
4 He could not for the life of him understand why they should wish to remain inside the cottage while the Domain was dusted with poisons .
5 Mahmoud , incoherent with fury , could not for the moment say what it was .
6 Disoriented , she could not for an instant even locate her daughter .
7 ‘ I would not for a moment have it supposed that I mean anything derogatory to Dr. Yeats … but human nature is fallible .
8 I would not for a moment be without these sterling qualities but the imagery of this great movement is vivid and declamatory and Bach 's intention was surely to arouse the passions of his audience .
9 It is wholly unnecessary to go that far in the present case and I would not for a moment suggest that the common law of England is bound or even likely to follow every twist of the development of the common law in the United States .
10 I would not for a moment propose we face the same immediate peril confronting the world in the early 1940s .
11 Sir er sir the I think I would not for a moment argue that minerals considerations can be ove overriding in this matter .
12 Gentlemen , I would not for the world be judge in a cause in which I am one party among three .
13 And I would not for the world meddle with her plans , though I am proud that she has consented on the way to visit me for a while .
14 I would not for the world keep him from his rest .
15 If your good lady mother is indisposed , I would not for the world — ’
16 Critical of the US deployment , the Soviet Union would not for the time being join an international force , but would consider how to respond if the UN Security Council decided on military action .
17 He will not for a moment allow that the doctrine of justification through free grace , received by faith , can lead to antinomianism ( Rom. 6:1ff ) .
18 We will not for the moment consider the suitability of the procedures for bringing complaints of breach of duty to court , though the existence of well-informed plaintiffs with standing and motivation to sue is clearly an essential part of any system of control that is ultimately dependent on judicial sanctions .
19 In our work we can not for a moment disregard them , yet we are never sure that we are seeing them clearly .
20 ‘ Lady Lavinia , ’ Theda said firmly , ‘ even were I to give you my advice , which must necessarily be based on very little knowledge , I can not for a moment imagine that you would take it . ’
21 I can not for the life of me imagine a place as distant as Italy .
22 I can not for the life of me understand anglers who use those lifeless , poker-like , stepped-up carp rods coupled with lines of 12lb or less .
23 Only my problem is , all my package-tour details were in the small valise , and — would you believe it ? — I can not for the life of me recall where I am checked in .
24 I can not for the life of me see why children have to take so long to grow up .
25 I can not for the life of me see why the County Council as the Statutory Authority and supposedly an independent er er body to British Coal is so resistant to a full public inquiry when only the clear er proposals of British Coal will come out .
26 I can not for the life of me see why they 're so resistant to it .
27 I can not for the life of me see this is a reasonable attitude on the part of the County Council .
28 I can not for the life of me see Wilko releasin Rocky , especially for only 1 Million .
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