Example sentences of "[not/n't] [adv] [vb infin] [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | We could not sensibly plan ahead for a doomsday-type catastrophe . |
| 2 | People in late twentieth-century Britain do not necessarily do less for their relatives than they have done for the past two centuries , nor do they necessarily have a weaker sense of obligation , but they do have to work out the nature of their relationships and the patterns of support associated with them , in circumstances which are very different from the past . |
| 3 | ‘ A year which would encompass elections with economic significance in both our main areas of investment and , as it turned out , a currency crisis of substantial proportions at home , did not necessarily augur well for our capital performance . ’ |
| 4 | Because we believe in stable democratic government supported by a majority of the British people , we shall not only campaign wholeheartedly for fair votes in the coming weeks , we also make a pledge for the period after the election . |
| 5 | Labour ward councillor Margaret Thomas said people in the house had threatened opponents of the planning application who would not now come forward for fear of repercussions . |
| 6 | I was right on both counts , but it did not really sink in for some time that I had joined a charity . |
| 7 | Gazza did not even come out for the second half — he had proved all he needed to prove to any disbelievers still out there . |
| 8 | Graham Taylor 's battling heroes could not quite hold on for a win that would have allowed the beleaguered England manager to say ‘ Nuts ’ to his critics . |
| 9 | ‘ I do n't normally go in for public displays of affection , ’ he murmured , ‘ but you 're irresistible . |
| 10 | ‘ I do n't normally go in for public displays of affection either , ’ she murmured impulsively , forgetting her uneasiness , ‘ but even with sand on your face you 're … ’ |
| 11 | It can also spread to the neck , arm or jaw and does n't usually ease off for several hours . |
| 12 | Gladys wo n't ever come back for a little girl will it ? |
| 13 | It 's interesting that gay men on Switchboard found it much easier to accept that they did n't automatically know best for lesbians than white people on Switchboard find it to accept that they might not know best for Black people . |
| 14 | What had happened did n't really sink home for another two years or so . |
| 15 | I have to say I did n't really care much for that kind of approach . |
| 16 | Even though she once told me she did n't really care much for men , she said it was fun to see the way they reacted to her . |
| 17 | No I did n't even get up for that , I come downstairs , I made myself an orange juice he Vicked me back and me front again I tried to get back to sleep . |
| 18 | He says that he 's fed up of going round in circles — how can he make a fresh start when he ca n't get a grant for clothing , and so ca n't then tunr up for job interviews ? |
| 19 | They did n't actually go in for sabotage or anything , did they ? ’ |
| 20 | and it 's it 's something about the shame around depression that we do n't actually come forward for counselling and there 's certainly not enough free counselling services in Scotland . |