Example sentences of "[vb base] [not/n't] [verb] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do not start for a strange city or town , even for a night , without previous information of a safe place to stay . |
| 2 | I do not think for a moment that the Letter of Aristeas should be taken as a Festal Scroll , something like the Book of Esther , to be read in the Alexandrian synagogues every year on the day on which ( as we know from Philo ) the Alexandrian Jews commemorated the translation ( De vita Mosis 2.41 ) . |
| 3 | I do not suggest for a moment that I have described every interesting object within binocular range , but I think that there is enough variety here to satisfy most people . |
| 4 | ‘ I do not imagine for a minute that someone of your ability will have come here without prying into my background . |
| 5 | If you do not weigh for a year and you eat just an extra 500 calories each day during that time , you will have put on a full 45 lb ( 21.8 kg ) ; rather a nasty shock ! |
| 6 | There are very particular financial strains for those who are divorced or separated who do not qualify for a special pension like a widow . |
| 7 | Married women and widows who do not qualify for a basic pension in their own right may be entitled to a basic pension on their husband 's contributions at about 60 per cent of the level to which he is entitled ( see ‘ Pensions for women ’ at the end of the chapter ) . |
| 8 | One , the non-contributory invalidity pension , is paid for those who are incapable of work and do not qualify for a contributory pension . |
| 9 | No stamp duty should be payable because of these reliefs but the Regulations do not provide for a hybrid certificate . |
| 10 | I do not believe for a moment that , with unemployment heading towards three million , the benefits would be significantly dissipated by higher inflation , any more than were the benefits of depreciation in the early 1980s . |
| 11 | I do not believe for a moment that in the future we shall allow millions of our fellow-countrymen , through no fault of their own , to pass through life ill-housed , ill-clothed , ill-fed , ill-educated . |
| 12 | Either way , they would see no increase in their direct taxes under Labour , provided they do not work for a living . |
| 13 | I do not deny for a moment that about 0.01 per cent . |
| 14 | I do not concede for a moment that this is a devolution measure . |
| 15 | No criticism of the appellants is to be made in that respect because , alive to the problem , they had applied to the registrar for directions ; it was as a result of his directions , which I do not question for a moment , that the appeal came before this court . |
| 16 | This should be avoided on radio , but otherwise speak as you normally speak-do not try for a " BBC " or any other accent . |
| 17 | You can also choose sealed units that give your windows the small-paned Georgian look , or the appearance of leaded lights in square and diamond formats , with none of the cleaning problems — the glazing bars and lead strips are set in the gap between the outer panes ( as long as you do n't go for a large picture window with this effect — it can look just plain silly ! ) . |
| 18 | ‘ Do n't go for a moment , Claudia . |
| 19 | I says and stay at home , do n't go for a drink . |
| 20 | if you do n't go for a lunch out |
| 21 | But do n't think for a moment that I 'm duped by my own little lies . ’ |
| 22 | I 'd love to help her , and I know every one of us would ; but I do n't think for a moment that Miss Miggs would let us pay her fare , even if we could raise so much money . ’ |
| 23 | Do n't think for a minute I 'm jealous . |
| 24 | It 's a frustrating affair though — do n't think for a second that you can breeze through this game ; think yourself lucky if you get past the first few levels ! |
| 25 | I do n't think for a minute that I can work them out in movies . |
| 26 | And I do n't think for a moment that I 'm alone in feeling this way . |
| 27 | Do n't think for a moment that the women are all on the creative side of the business . |
| 28 | I do n't think for a minute we 'll have to . ’ |
| 29 | The event was not much talked about in the family ; it was too dreadful ; and I do n't suppose for a moment that Aunt Kate , then living abroad , would have wondered whether she , herself , might not have played a part in the sequence of events ; nor do I remember any such theory ever having been put forward or even thought of at the time . |
| 30 | Do n't suppose for a moment that the stars are fixed ; |