Example sentences of "[modal v] not [verb] [pers pn] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | You must not reprimand her for doing as she was told . ’ |
| 2 | We must not blame him for this for he is a product of the evolution which used that very ruthlessness to make him just what he is , and what we all are at the beginning of our lives . |
| 3 | ‘ Now , sit in this chair next to me , ’ he said , and with a sudden change of tone and manner , said , ‘ You must not blame us for keeping up such high standards of public behaviour . |
| 4 | A consequence of this duty is that a fiduciary must make available to a [ customer ] all the information in his possession which is relevant to the [ customer 's ] affairs ; ( 4 ) The duty of confidentiality : a fiduciary must use information obtained in confidence from his [ customer ] , the beneficiary , for the benefit of the [ customer ] and must not use it for his own advantage or for the benefit of any other person . |
| 5 | We should not do it for our sex . |
| 6 | We should not blame him for being a man of his time but commend him for his remarkable vision and altruism . |
| 7 | Tammuz Malamute , or whoever you are , I should not forgive you for this , he thought wearily . |
| 8 | The idea of taxing what most people regard as their birthright , fresh air , is startling , but perhaps Tolba is right : we should not take it for granted . |
| 9 | A reminder that he should not take it for granted that he would in time succeed to England , Normandy and Anjou ? |
| 10 | You may not like me for it but I will have to drive you hard if you are to learn all you will need to survive what you will face . |
| 11 | But some fans might not forgive him for leaving . |
| 12 | We work all year round but ca n't work on the uplands during the winter months — we might not see it for six to eight weeks . |
| 13 | If someone has an accident in a Caterham , they might not sue me for $10m because I do n't have that much . |
| 14 | And now he 'll not forgive me for a twelvemonth . |
| 15 | I 'll not charge you for that |
| 16 | She would not , could not leave him for this boy ! |
| 17 | His hatred since was channelled towards Beth , and , in all truth , she could not blame him for it . |
| 18 | Christ could not blame him for drinking . |
| 19 | He believed she did not love him because he was like his father but he could not blame her for this because he knew he was unlovable . |
| 20 | Naidoo reiterated that the NSC was expecting Sacu to come to a decision and could not ease it for them by offering guarantees of future tours . |
| 21 | However , the man with the radio at the final door worked for TAP , the state airline , not the airport , so he could not open it for us . |
| 22 | Holding that the defence was not available the court in effect classified the defendant 's belief that the arrest was unlawful as a mistake of law , which could not avail him for these purposes . |
| 23 | The hair on his face was untrimmed , and his nose had spread with drinking , but the weather-hard skin was not the skin of a drunkard , and if the hair on his temples was thinning , you could not see it for the leather fillet he wore . |
| 24 | Dick Crossman had been kept out of office or the expectation of it by both Attlee , who could not forgive him for resisting Bevin 's policy towards Palestine , and his successor . |
| 25 | IG Metall 's members could not forgive him for gambling in a casino for capitalists . |
| 26 | Especially the ‘ ancient ’ family who had sold her the house and now , pathologically , could not forgive her for buying it , since they had lost caste by moving away — unfortunately for Jane , only a mile away . |
| 27 | She was jealous that I was to bear her husband 's son — I could not hate her for that . |
| 28 | More than that , and far worse , he is aware that he could not have it for himself even if it did exist . |
| 29 | This , Emecheta explains , is a very strong goddess of the Ibos , so strong that Hausa soldiers dare not attack her for fear of being made impotent . |
| 30 | ( Jakobson associates relationships of contiguity with the figure metonymy , and those of equivalence with that of metaphor , a point which need not concern us for the moment , but which will become relevant in the discussion of Lacan later . ) |