Example sentences of "[verb] not 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 | But this is the room eventually we 're going to use I mean not for a long time yet , as a working medieval kitchen . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 … … . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Look not for the romantic glamour of Lake Geneva , the dramatic backcloth of Lake Lucerne , or the fascinating cosmopolitanism of Lake Constance ( the Bodensee ) . |
| 8 | 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 . ’ |
| 9 | I did n't for a long time , I was only interested in whether I liked you . |
| 10 | ‘ I care not for the hurt if it indeed avenged your insults , my lord , ’ Isabel retorted . |