Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] it for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | not using it for some |
| 2 | ‘ I did not bring it for that purpose , ’ said Andrus hoarsely . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm glad to hear that , ’ Claudia said , not believing it for one moment . |
| 4 | We do not do it for any other aspect of our social existence . |
| 5 | We work all year round but ca n't work on the uplands during the winter months — we might not see it for six to eight weeks . |
| 6 | I 'm not doing it for monetary reward or because I 'm asked to ; I 'm doing it because I feel I have to do it . |
| 7 | I 'm not doing it for monetary reward or because I 'm asked to ; I 'm doing it because I feel I have to do it . |
| 8 | So y I 've got to weigh up whether I 'm actually going to make a profit over four years or whether it 's going to be , but I 'm not doing it for that it 's not so much making a profit as the fact that I can secure the loan for four years and know that I have n't got any extra to , to find , and when you 've retired , if you 've got say seven years on your mortgage and you 're thinking well if mortgage rates go up erm I could get stuffed you know if they doubled again then you could actually fix on that assumption . |
| 9 | I said no , I 'm not , I 'm not doing it for that reason I said I 'm trying to you know thought to myself we 'll give them something back . |
| 10 | A member of one local authority in England — I will not name it for obvious reasons — told me that the police in that area have said that following up poll tax debts and warrants is not a high priority . |
| 11 | In 1629 the King dissolved Parliament , castigating its leaders as ‘ vipers ’ , and did not recall it for eleven years . |
| 12 | not for that , I have n't heard it for that cos I 've heard |
| 13 | Like because their account , you know , if you write , like if I wrote a cheque out to you today , and you did n't cash it for four weeks |
| 14 | I would n't buy it for four hundred . |
| 15 | The reason I say it 's , it 's , the system 's too old to go back to the Japs and say get this sorted out , rewrite the software because they 're just gon na say not likely we have n't made it for ten years , or whatever seven or eight years or whatever it is , it 's out of date , they 're not gon na start working on the system that 's that old all they 'll want to do is to sell you a new one |
| 16 | , well the job 's worth more than ninety quid , I said , I do n't do it for ninety quid ! |
| 17 | ‘ I do n't do it for any reason of self . ’ |
| 18 | We do n't do it for any other section of society , and these people are not poor . |
| 19 | I have n't seen it for sixty year . ’ |
| 20 | No , why I have n't seen it for dry down there for years . |
| 21 | There is nothing worse than being told ‘ Yes , we had a lovely book all about the fête we held for the coronation , but I have n't seen it for some years . |
| 22 | We have n't done it for two years . |
| 23 | I have n't drawn it for two years now , but … 'She glanced swiftly at her bag , her watch . |
| 24 | Erm it was about a hundred and fifty million , but I have n't got it for nineteen ninety one erm Lorna , sorry you had some more questions parts B , C and D |
| 25 | I was very when he said he did n't like it for sure , |
| 26 | ‘ I hope we can reach agreement with China and that , where we have disagreements , they wo n't poison our relationship right across the board — certainly wo n't poison it for all time , ’ said Mr Patten . |
| 27 | Erm but I mean obviously it 's a different situation , and the Chancellor 's still got some manoeuvring to do , but we could end up in , in rapid inflation again , because we have n't had it for ten years . |
| 28 | Loosen the cake from the edges , but do n't remove it for 15 minutes . |
| 29 | I do n't believe it for one minute , personally , but this is the , this is the theory , and I 'll explain why I do n't believe it , later . |
| 30 | So that when you lock up and maybe do n't see it for another four |