Example sentences of "[vb base] [not/n't] for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Having asked the question , he offered no personal answer : ‘ Like jesting Pilate , I stay not for an answer : though the question awaits our collective resolution ’ .
2 If the term subjection be used in its extreme sense I do not for a moment believe that any such solution exists .
3 His alternative is what he calls an ‘ appreciative ’ stance : ‘ These appreciative sentiments are easily summarized : we do not for a moment wish that we could rid ourselves of deviant phenomena .
4 Clive Barnes — later to become one of the ‘ Butchers of Broadway ’ , as critic for the New York Times wrote : ‘ Although One Over The Eight is described as a ‘ new revue ’ do not for a moment be fooled .
5 ‘ I do not for a moment doubt the right and duty of the media to comment on sentences and criticise judges .
6 Benjamin 's modest but handsome little portrait seems to want to relay a message to us : I may not be blue-blooded , it says , but please do n't for a minute put me down as any kind of manual labourer — I belong to the established and rising ranks of the artisan middle-class .
7 I do n't , do n't for a minute think it 's from that hand , because you know the tingling , you 're s are you supposed to get tingling all time ?
8 That 's routine , and I do n't for a minute expect there to be any complications .
9 I no no I do n't for a start accept it .
10 There are ninety nine pupils , the total staff is one hundred , of course that does not for a moment mean that er , there is one member of staff attendant on each pupil at all times , and I do n't for a moment suggest that .
11 It 's just that I like him and it 's silly to pretend I do n't for the sake of pride .
12 ‘ I have not for a moment suggested that children should be removed from the care of their parents .
13 I went , erm I have n't for a while , I said but I do very occasionally cos I he goes
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