Example sentences of "[modal v] [not/n't] [verb] for this " in BNC.
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| 1 | Harry could not move , could not speak , could not judge for this suspended moment whether what he saw was recollected or imagined . |
| 2 | The editor of that paper and the writer could not sue for this honest , if exaggerated , appraisal of their work . |
| 3 | They argued that an interpretation in terms of the relative potency of crossed and uncrossed pathways could not account for this result . |
| 4 | Yet Richard , who always put each section of his life , when it was finished with , quietly behind him , and liked to be able to give a rational explanation for everything , could not account for this , his attachment to Lord Jim . |
| 5 | Americans " would not stand for this much longer . |
| 6 | ‘ Poor Dora , she ca n't wait for this week to be over , ’ Melissa remarked . |
| 7 | I ca n't vouch for this hotel but it looked wonderful for a romantic weekend . |
| 8 | With us all jockeying for position in the status stakes , we ca n't afford for this to happen . |
| 9 | No I will not want for this company again . |
| 10 | The right hon. and learned Gentleman , the Leader of the House and all those on the Treasury Bench know that the people outside will not stand for this kind of activity — The Secretary of State is supposed to be listening . |
| 11 | Now I , I wo n't , I wo n't go for this vote because at the end of the day I I do n't think it 'd be er er productive , it 'd be counterproductive erm , I do hope that you around the chamber tonight , do look inside and say look if you 're fed up with it coming to the council Mr whatever your name is , I forget , the new guy er , it will only come back next year . |
| 12 | Even the closer links with local farmers can not compensate for this , since few farmers and farm workers share their leisure activities or meet socially off the farm . |
| 13 | Bouch can not vouch for this but suggests the number of visitors might have exceeded the available accommodation which in turn put prices up . |
| 14 | I can not vouch for this . |
| 15 | Evidently the unique thoroughness of its muster book was complemented by a more rigorous standard of assessment than in most shires , since in 1522 personal wealth there averaged £97 per thousand acres , compared with as little as £61.7 in 1515 and £64 in 1524 , and , mostly having less than average wealth , the sixty-nine additional men roped in in 1522 can not account for this difference . |