Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] [pron] [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 31 | It wo n't do any harm , but I 'd rather not give him food for thought , because I consider him an idiot and I do n't think he 's capable of interpreting it correctly . |
| 32 | Even when , as we show later , Brazil had an opportunity to do so when it invited the multinationals to establish its automobile industry , it chose not to exercise its power for fear of discouraging potential entrants . |
| 33 | Apart from the fact that she believed her teeth to be on the point of falling out , she had not had her period for several weeks and was afraid that she was barren . |
| 34 | BELVILLE : [ aside ] I find I can not master my passion for her . |
| 35 | Economy Minister Jean-Paul Delamuraz confirmed on Dec. 11 that Switzerland was not withdrawing its application for EC membership [ see pp. 38930 ; 39244 ] . |
| 36 | Very angry with me as he had not got his cheque for 82 for ex pupil 's tools . |
| 37 | This tragedy , however , did not dull their passion for skiing and Sarah remembers the early rivalry for supremacy on the slopes . |
| 38 | If you 've not used the colour changer before , or not used your ribber for more than welts , it is wise to start by using the colour changer just to knit striped plain rib . |
| 39 | He would often go down to the Hare and Hounds at the west end of Hury — it 's gone now of course — but he was a grand man and his scarum ways did not alter my affection for him one bit . |
| 40 | This is simply an agreement by each creditor to hold off and not to press his claim for settlement for an agreed period as long as the other creditors do likewise . |
| 41 | His mates nodded and one said , ‘ I agree with George , I 've never known such a feeling of evil and I am not risking my neck for anyone . ’ |
| 42 | I have not crossed your mind for three weeks now , |
| 43 | This was said without fear but with considerable surprise , as most certainly such a thought had not crossed his mind for months . |
| 44 | The list is endless , but for starters : liver diseases caused by alcohol ; drug-induced illnesses ; overdoses ; aids developed through promiscuous sexual behaviour ; heart disease and circulation problems in severely obese people who can not control their desire for fattening foods ; osteoporosis and other arthritic conditions caused by ‘ couch potatoes ’ who refuse to take exercise . |
| 45 | But precisely because Edward I could not take their consent for granted and in his later years preferred to tap the clergy 's wealth instead by mandatory papal levies , the survival and role of an independent clerical body for the gathering of taxation remained uncertain at his death . |
| 46 | Ian has made a better recovery than we dared hope , but it is still important that we do not take his fitness for granted . |
| 47 | For example , if pupils are on part-time timetables some staff must accept that a pupil will not attend their class for a period of time . |
| 48 | Although Joe Nichols in the New York Times wrote that ‘ Lester Piggott rode with the competence that has stamped him as one of the world 's great riders , and brought his mount home in time ’ , the Washington Post thought that ‘ there could be fault-finding with Piggott 's tactics in tucking in on the rail and not asking his mount for more of the effort he had in reserve ’ . |
| 49 | Sally-Anne Tunstall , beloved daughter of Senator Jared Tunstall , arguably the richest man in the USA , and his dear wife Mary , niece of Orrin Tunstall , the American ambassador , society beauty , heiress , spoiled child of fortune , who had once thought that the world was her ball to play with , sat on her bed in an East End attic , dressed in her skivvy 's clothing , grieving because she could not consummate her love for a poor doctor who had renounced the world over which she had once reigned . |
| 50 | Try reading it , try reading it some time because what it says to the people of is , if you do n't like the level of services being provided by your Council , if you feel your Council are not giving you value for money , then we 're gon na give you the right to complain about it and do something . |
| 51 | The leader of the Free Bolivia Movement ( MBL ) , Antonio Aranibar Quiroga , said that his party had nevertheless not abandoned its demand for a constituent assembly to determine constitutional reform , and Max Fernández , leader of the Civic Solidarity Union ( UCS ) , advocated the consultation of all Bolivians through a referendum . |
| 52 | " Iraqis , " he said , " will not sell their freedom for food . " |
| 53 | They did not share her enthusiasm for peace and space and wide skies . |
| 54 | He does not share my talent for deceit , the agility of lies . |
| 55 | He did not share my passion for Frank O'Hara , Robert Duncan , Denise Levertov ( whom I had met in London and Paris ) , James Merrill and the early Pound ; nor did I agree with his high estimate of Robert Lowell , Howard Nemerov and T.S . |
| 56 | I do not share your enthusiasm for trickle filters . |
| 57 | " Many people in this country do not share his affection for France . " |
| 58 | His successors did not share his passion for maritime affairs ; and in the 1730s and 1740s the fleet he had created was allowed to decline sharply in numbers and efficiency . |
| 59 | I have still not recovered my taste for food . |
| 60 | Well folks , Here is my virgin entry into the world of the Leeds-United mailing list ( not counting my plea for the Leeds-Crewe score on Saturday whilst shackled to a PC ) . |