Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] [verb] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ How could anyone not want to go for a sail on a day like this ? ’ |
| 2 | Likely you 'll not want to stop for a cup of tea ? |
| 3 | ‘ Your father did not want to pay for the doctor , while the priest 'e comes free ! |
| 4 | Enter Rita , a young , timid , nervous , woman in clinging red dress , lipstick to match and a pair of shoes in which you would not want to run for a bus . |
| 5 | She had not intended changing for the evening , country inns being the right setting for good tweed suits ; but now she took her time about dressing , and chose a very austere frock in a dark russet-orange shade that touched off the marmalade lights in her eyes . |
| 6 | By holding one end of this batten against the wall , floor ceiling , and using the tape to measure the gap , you will be able to do it on your own without needing someone to hold the other end of the tape , and will get more accurate measurements , as you will not need to allow for the width of the tape measure case . |
| 7 | We do not need to wait for the Reeve 's Tale for a fabliau in which the Miller can be identified with a target figure : the Miller 's Tale itself links its dramatic teller , the Miller , with John the carpenter as John repeats the Miller 's axiom found in the Miller 's Prologue : in his own homespun wisdom : — a valuing of ignorance which Nicholas is able to play upon ( 3558 ) . |
| 8 | ‘ The players should not need motivating for a match against Manchester United . |
| 9 | 6–9 Mrs Holliday , Bowmore , applied for the baptism of her daughter in the absence of her husband who was on a voyage to Africa and not expected to return for a year , and as they were " satisfied with Mrs Holliday 's knowledge as to the ordinance and the obligation " they agreed . |
| 10 | It should be noted that although the total population over 65 is not expected to increase for the remainder of the twentieth century , this is due to a projected fall in the numbers aged 60/65–74 ( by 5 per cent between 1981 and 1991 ) combined with a rise in the numbers at older ages . |
| 11 | So while the practice of resignation has been re-established , it is still true that ministers are not expected to suffer for the shortcomings of their staff . |
| 12 | I am just not prepared to wait for the green shoots of recovery . ’ |
| 13 | In fact , this was the only spectacle which Mrs Goreng had not had to contrive for the benefit of her guests . |
| 14 | ‘ Are you sure you would not like to rest for a little ? ’ enquired Agnes . |
| 15 | I think we also need to recognise that there has also been a er , high level of er , commitment from er , officers employed by this council to achieving the changes that we have asked in terms of financial management , now I 'm not going to pretend for a moment that er , we 've gone all the way there yet . |
| 16 | Even if you are not going to apply for a Legal Aid franchise , membership of the panel will be important for anyone putting themselves forward as a personal injury specialist ( see Appendix 2A for the Personal Injury Panel criteria ) . |
| 17 | Yes , I want to leave early tomorrow , because I 'm , I 'm not going to rush for a train , I do n't want to be caught thinking oh the last train to Stow Market goes at four o'clock and I 've got to run for it I got to be prepared to miss the train . |
| 18 | The tannoy on the Isle of Man boat gave occasional coughs , and tinny , inaudible announcements , but they did not begin to panic for a while . |
| 19 | But she did not pause to listen for an answer . |
| 20 | Sadly , even their combined efforts can not hope to compensate for the many jobs lost . |
| 21 | That sufferers from alcoholism can not stop drinking for a day , a week , a month , a year or more . |
| 22 | We should not have to apologize for a vow of celibacy . |
| 23 | The Prince could not have hoped for a better platform . |
| 24 | She could not have guessed how much she would enjoy herself with a stranger , how completely this woman was in sympathy with her , could not have hoped for a new friend to come out , at this stage in her life , and give her so much pleasure . |
| 25 | An amoral man applying a fixed morality to others might not have hoped for the success Surere had had ; but now , with so much ranged against him , in a world so different from the one he had lorded it in , Huy wondered how he would get on . |
| 26 | At Darlington , so that they would not have to wait for a connection , they had hired a special train to Richmond , where they were met . |
| 27 | But British and French workers did not have to wait for an economic upturn . |
| 28 | O'Neill 's suspect views were known to many unionists and the conservatives did not have to wait for the fruits of O'Neillism , however timid they may have been . |
| 29 | The part has an enlarged on-chip primary write-back cache rather than the write-through cache of the 80486 , which means that the CPU does not have to wait for the cache controller to copy stored data back to main memory . |
| 30 | Students do not have to search for the ‘ ideal ’ patient . |