Example sentences of "[vb base] [not/n't] [verb] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Quite a lot of young girls , however , choose not to sue for child maintenance . |
| 2 | They may also be excluded because they are not entitled to benefits , do not register for work , or do not define themselves as unemployed . |
| 3 | TURKEYS do not vote for Christmas . |
| 4 | They called the film they made about me Too Long a Winter , and I have to declare immediately that I do not care for winter at all , for neither mind nor body agrees with it . |
| 5 | Let those who do not care for mine use their rejections of them to make their own as explicit and as acknowledged as I am going to try to make mine . |
| 6 | After snarling a few choice remarks at them from the corners of our mouths , such as , ‘ Get lost ! ’ or ‘ Beat it ! ’ , which we understood to be good American for , ‘ Please go away , we do not wish for company , ’ we managed to rid ourselves of a few of them , but two of the most persistent followed us until we were clear of the town , and then we realised that the only way to be left alone was for us to be really rude . |
| 7 | There are 15,000 places for married women who do not qualify for benefit in their own right . |
| 8 | Furthermore , many pensioners who are struggling financially , do not qualify for income support . |
| 9 | It does n't resolve the problems of those who do not qualify for income support , yet are in receipt of paltry levels of pay or other benefits . |
| 10 | But you may not have realised that in between these two splendid , well-run national tournaments lie a large number of middle-strength clubs who do not qualify for participation in either . |
| 11 | Most do not qualify for redundancy pay , pensions , sick pay or national-insurance benefits until they have been with a firm for two years . |
| 12 | Individuals paying maintenance receive tax relief on the first £1,720 of payments to a divorced or separated spouse ; other maintenance payments , including any to children , do not qualify for tax relief . |
| 13 | On the other hand , it is more than likely that those who do not qualify for unemployment benefit are disproportionately from the ranks of unskilled manual workers . |
| 14 | I do not ask for sex right away . |
| 15 | While there had been some improvements in terms of flags and emblems , young people still do not apply for work in unsafe areas because of the serious risks involved . |
| 16 | One major problem is that many people simply do not recognise that they are carers , and do not apply for help . |
| 17 | This provision is seldom used , perhaps because reasonable employers reward such employees sufficiently well so that they do not apply for compensation . |
| 18 | If the motor is to operate at higher speeds the static torque/rotor position characteristics are no longer a reliable guide , because they do not account for distortion of the current waveform due to the winding time constant and motional voltage . |
| 19 | You do not wait for fulfilment , but brace yourself for failure . |
| 20 | ‘ Mrs. Bihi and the party she represents do not call for payment out to them of the sum presently in court . |
| 21 | There are others , many of which do not call for creativity . |
| 22 | Most people breathe naturally , they do n't struggle for air . |
| 23 | Jim and William Reid do n't dress for dinner . |
| 24 | OUP , £25 ‘ I DO N'T care for life if I ca n't fill it with work , ’ Annie Besant often declared to her friends . |
| 25 | I do n't care for pity . |
| 26 | We understand why people do n't care for reporting , and it 's often because they 'd rather get on and drill or explore or sort out problems . |
| 27 | Because I do n't care for material things to the degree you do , you chose to believe it did n't matter that you grew rich on my name . ’ |
| 28 | Yes , she has got some tickets , a , she 's made some and erm hoping those who ca n't come will buy ticket at least , but if they would bring a bottle you know , something for the prizes er erm they do n't pay for coffee , biscuit . |
| 29 | Years of moving from one home to another , having meals cooked for you , never having to think twice about leaving lights on or taps dripping is hardly the best preparation for surviving in a bedsit on a YTS wage of £29.50 a week ( trainees do n't qualify for income support ) . |
| 30 | Some improvements — such as replacing soft furnishings or general decorations — do n't qualify for tax relief , so it 's always worth checking with your local tax office . |