Example sentences of "[vb mod] n't [verb] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stan Thomas explains , we should n't allow for shrinkage all around , and reveals that marking and mortise gauges are left-handed . |
| 2 | In other words , you could n't stand for office in Harlow and say for instance erm if erm if we er win the election we 're gon na stop the sale of council houses . |
| 3 | He could n't pay for Yussuf . |
| 4 | He had never seen her mother or her aunt so he could n't look for family resemblances . |
| 5 | Sebastian Coe ( he gives Sheffield a bad name — he stood for Parliament because he could n't run for toffee ) |
| 6 | Essex County Council , the Conservatives could n't run for office there and say if we 're elected we intend to er privatize the entire education system and stop financing it . |
| 7 | Some IMC trooper obviously could n't wait for lunch . |
| 8 | Allison was terrified that perhaps she and Ronnie would n't qualify for treatment . |
| 9 | No , you ca n't petition for divorce until your first wedding anniversary has passed . |
| 10 | That 's one reason children in the United States ca n't vote , they ca n't buy alcohol and ca n't stand for election . |
| 11 | ‘ They ca n't pay for music lessons . |
| 12 | You ca n't pay for childcare without having a decent job . |
| 13 | By 1988 , one campaign button admonished that ‘ You Ca n't Run For President With Your Fly Open ’ . |
| 14 | It seems that if you 've done an arts degree , apart from social science , then really you 're in line for jobs that science students go for as well , whereas arts students ca n't go for science degree jobs so you 've got more scope to apply for . |
| 15 | If so , you ca n't claim for unemployment if it 's due to your work contract coming to an end . |
| 16 | I ca n't wait for Home Alone III . ’ |
| 17 | This ca n't wait for morning . ’ |
| 18 | We now have a a piece of land which we ca n't use for fox hunting , so let's use it for the purpose it was bought for , use it for the fire station . |
| 19 | your Lordship ca n't ask for information which maybe confidential to some other party for example what happened to the sugar case |
| 20 | Head of Department said that this was the inevitable outcome of the school 's option choice system , that ‘ the most able pupils do Chemistry instead … that you ca n't substitute for talent … for creative imaginations , though you can teach technique ’ . |
| 21 | Ca n't act for toffee though ! ’ |
| 22 | Ca n't find for tension or buck up . |
| 23 | It 's called What You Wo n't Do For Love ; and what people wo n't do for publicity . |
| 24 | It 's called What You Wo n't Do For Love ; and what people wo n't do for publicity . |
| 25 | well it is n't even a priority , it 's nothing , they wo n't get the money , th they wo n't pay for walk to go swimming but I thought that now that the has acquired that bus and it 's gon na be standing around doing nothing for most of the time and it 's a twenty nine seater bus . |
| 26 | She wo n't want for money — her wealthy brother will see to that . |
| 27 | She is never left on her own as my mother stays at home when I go out , but she just waits on my bed and wo n't eat for food until I come back . |
| 28 | ‘ You 're sure you wo n't stay for tea ? ’ |
| 29 | we 're going to the clinic on Monday I know I forgot when I was there last week , so do n't worry she wo n't die for lack of vitamins . |
| 30 | grandmother and I think there was an aunt , and I said Ken were living in a three bedroomed semi , oh they wo n't mind for Christmas . |