Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] it for the " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ I am not saving it for the Tour de France . |
2 | The hair on his face was untrimmed , and his nose had spread with drinking , but the weather-hard skin was not the skin of a drunkard , and if the hair on his temples was thinning , you could not see it for the leather fillet he wore . |
3 | ‘ I ‘ m not doing it for the money . |
4 | ‘ I 'm not doing it for the money , ’ said the new Bob . |
5 | It is crucial not to repeat it for the surprise will be gone and all the children will be looking for is the method . |
6 | Batty could n't make it for the second half against Villa after a recurrence of a calf injury he received against Wimbledon last Saturday . |
7 | ‘ To be honest , I could n't even say when I 'm going to be back but I 've got to realistically think I wo n't make it for the European Cup . ’ |
8 | We do n't need it for the expansion of our race ; indeed , it 's inimical to orderly civilization . |
9 | ‘ No I do n't do it for the money really . |
10 | ‘ And I 'd only go out with someone I really liked — I would n't do it for the sake of it . |
11 | You certainly did n't do it for the money . |
12 | I said well in all fairness Paul , you ai n't actually bloody got , I said I do n't do it for the fun of it I said and I do n't like doing it but I see , he just sort of |
13 | But we have n't done it for the past eighteen months . |
14 | We discussed erm erm other places for people to meet et cetera has actually been closed down , some some problem with the is n't it , erm but they ca n't use it for the public so erm that was , it was just left that we 'll have another meeting in March and looking around for alternative places to meet , but that 's all to report on that . |
15 | I think one of the problems is , that a lot of shoppers do n't realize that they 're entering into a contract and we do n't realize it for the simple reason that most people have , as soon as you hear the word contract you have a mental image of a legal document that you sign , do n't you ? |
16 | ‘ I would n't miss it for the world . ’ |
17 | ‘ I would n't miss it for the world . ’ |
18 | I would n't miss it for the world . ’ |
19 | ‘ I would n't miss it for the world ! ’ she replied , smiling . |
20 | As for this weekend 's display , Gary would n't miss it for the world . |
21 | Michael says it 's ‘ very decent ’ of them ; Nick says he would n't miss it for the world . |
22 | ‘ That 's right , do n't leave it for the rats , ’ Mrs Grindlewood-Gryke called . |
23 | My life has changed and I live around the horses and would n't change it for the world now . |
24 | And do n't save it for the birds . |
25 | I 'm not complaining about it , but I say I did n't raise it for the first time |
26 | I just deliver the stuff , I do n't interview it for the Sunday papers . ’ |
27 | I did n't say it for the applause . |
28 | er my Lord it was n't , I was n't raising it for the purpose of your Lordship mentioned , er namely er er about er contingency fund , though indeed will be entitled to that , I raised a question of the minute , the board minute , to do with the concerned with Mr rest of the meeting about the placement |