Example sentences of "[vb mod] n't [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Must n't fall for that . |
| 2 | It is also very private , and well-meaning parents should n't delve for it , because it is so often Mum and Dad that a child dreads disappointing . |
| 3 | Israel wo n't and should n't pay for the freedom of Kuwait |
| 4 | We should n't go for anything too serious . |
| 5 | Having got this far there 's no reason why John Peel should n't continue for many years to come and it 'll certainly be a sad day if he ever does decide to hang up those headphones . |
| 6 | Having got this far there 's no reason why John Peel should n't continue for many years to come and it 'll certainly be a sad day if he ever does decide to hang up those headphones . |
| 7 | After all , you confused me with someone else , and I really should n't care for you to make the same mistake twice . |
| 8 | He says he was injured , but his treatment means he should n't suffer for too long . |
| 9 | With an uncertain outlook for nineteen ninety three from our point of view it 's absolutely crucial to get costs in line we had obviously done cost-cutting during the previous two years , but we really needed to be sure that if revenues were not going to increase , we should n't wait for a recovery to bail us out . |
| 10 | Stan Thomas explains , we should n't allow for shrinkage all around , and reveals that marking and mortise gauges are left-handed . |
| 11 | ‘ You should n't ask for compliments , Pickles , ’ Aubrey reproached her . |
| 12 | And as you are now unemployed , I see no reason why you should n't search for them in a freelance capacity . |
| 13 | He says that if it 's given regular pruning there 's no reason why it should n't live for a few hundred years more . |
| 14 | For example , I knew I could n't squat for fifteen minutes on a bed or a floor . |
| 15 | ‘ We could n't hope for more . |
| 16 | Dalgliesh felt impatient for the arrival of the forensic biologist , although he knew he could n't hope for the answer , not yet . |
| 17 | You could n't hope for a clearer sign of how things have changed in new music over the last decade or so than the sight of five eminent young , or young-ish , British composers applying their ingenuity to the art of writing divertimentos ( two of them even opting for late eighteenth-century period instrument ensembles ) as curtain raisers for last year 's Glyndebourne Mozart performances ( the promised Don Giovanni serenade by Oliver Knussen never materialized ) . |
| 18 | " But we ca n't find four thousand in a week And , with things as they are , we could n't hope for a bank loan even if … " |
| 19 | He could do nothing more until the various reports he 'd asked for came in , and he could n't hope for anything much before late afternoon . |
| 20 | One surely could n't hope for greater understanding . ’ |
| 21 | I could n't stay for one day . ’ |
| 22 | But she was in such a hurry that she just could n't stay for long enough to help me with breastfeeding Stephen . |
| 23 | My erm , when I was little , I used to have this reoccuring dream , and it was really , really scary , and I just , I used to get really scared , I did n't want to go to sleep , in case I had this reoccuring dream , and what it was , was erm , I do n't know , I , I think I did n't like swimming when I was little , so that might , what sparked it off , and I could n't swim for ages |
| 24 | In other words , you could n't stand for office in Harlow and say for instance erm if erm if we er win the election we 're gon na stop the sale of council houses . |
| 25 | ‘ Well , he could n't talk for long and the line was very bad but she 's absolutely sure it was John . |
| 26 | The pause after the first shot making sure they 'd killed him which is n't easy to do with a heart shot but they could n't go for the head because the sight line would n't fit with shooting at the President 's head — ’ |
| 27 | Pity we could n't go for a romp round a canal is n't it ? |
| 28 | He could n't pay for Yussuf . |
| 29 | She could n't pay for an abortion herself because Nigel wo n't let her have a cheque book or a credit card , let alone any cash . |
| 30 | I mean if he was hung , drawn and quartered he still could n't pay for it the suffering he 's gon na cause . |