Example sentences of "[verb] [not/n't] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 No water flows from the sprinklers here , and clearly has n't for a long time .
2 But the preponderance of evidence about the computer business shows that the IBM name no longer has its old magic … and it has n't for the past few years .
3 At present , local authorities are building not for the poorest , nor for the slum-dweller , but mainly for those better off .
4 But this is the room eventually we 're going to use I mean not for a long time yet , as a working medieval kitchen .
5 He was looking not for a new policy for Britain , but for a political protege for himself , someone who would be more gracious and romantic than Chamberlain .
6 He must no doubt be acting not for the mere purpose of putting money in his pocket , but for some legitimate purpose other than the mere acquisition of money … … .
7 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 .
8 He was born in another age , the age when we played not for a million dollars in prize-money , or television sets , or holidays in the sun , but for the simple , exhilarating pleasure of golf itself .
9 Look not for the romantic glamour of Lake Geneva , the dramatic backcloth of Lake Lucerne , or the fascinating cosmopolitanism of Lake Constance ( the Bodensee ) .
10 Yours is one case I will always remember not for the large number of witnesses , but for the meeting of a man who right from the first impressed his lawyers with his innocence a conviction that grew and grew the more that one went into the case and met the many people who knew Andy Beattie so well . ’
11 The chancellor who had long been an admirer of the queen , was affected not for the first time by her beauty and appeal — attributes which , it seemed to him , were in no way impaired by adversity .
12 At last her conscience won out and she gave a tiny sigh , wishing not for the first time that she could , just occasionally , be a touch more ruthless .
13 fell not for the two or three women
14 I did n't for a long time , I was only interested in whether I liked you .
15 ‘ I care not for the hurt if it indeed avenged your insults , my lord , ’ Isabel retorted .
16 And I do , and I do , I must say not for the last time during the passage of this Bill , I do feel constrain to offer my very deep sympathy to my Noble Friend on the front bench .
17 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 .
18 Dr Neil , cradling him in his arms for a moment before handing him to McAllister to care for , wondered not for the first time on such occasions whether he had done the baby a favour by enabling him to live .
19 I do n't trust them and I have n't for the seven and a half years I 've been inside jail .
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