Example sentences of "[not/n't] [v-ing] for [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | MESSAGE BEGINS STOP BIRD IN HAND STOP AVIARY CONFIRMS SPECIMEN IDEAL BUT WILL REQUIRE SOME WEEKS FOR TRAINING PRIOR TO MIGRATION STOP SUGGEST YOU BEGIN FEATHERING NEST IN SUITABLE HABITAT TO FACILITATE LAYING OF EGG STOP SPECIES OBSERVED TO LIMIT MIGRATORY FLIGHTS TO 2000 MILES WITHOUT REST FOR FEEDING STOP THIS FIGURE NOT ALLOWING FOR ATTACKS FROM PREDATORS SO MUST BE CONSIDERED ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM STOP PLEASE ADVISE SOONEST STOP MESSAGE ENDS STOP WED 0900 GMT |
| 2 | Sixteen students were not looking for work at the time of the survey . |
| 3 | We are not looking for additions to the canon of ‘ sacred places ’ . |
| 4 | ‘ We are not looking for jobs for life , just a sensible arrangement , ’ he said . |
| 5 | But he is afraid he have to correct Mr Browne on a matter of geography : the British troops were not waiting for war in the Kuwaiti desert ; that was the Iraqi troops . |
| 6 | " We will open the gates and rush out upon the princess 's men ; if we must die , at least we will die bravely , and not begging for help from an old black scavenger . " |
| 7 | ‘ The one that says you own the world and all that 's in it , that says you ca n't for the life of you figure out why I 'm not jumping for joy at the prospect of staying on here , in this house , as your grandmother 's companion . ’ |
| 8 | Chelsea chief executive Colin Hutchinson said last night : ‘ We know Kharin is not playing for CSKA against Rangers . |
| 9 | I feel that we need now new blood on the committee , and coupled with the fact that I 've done one one more year than the constitution says I should , I 'm not standing for reelection as Chairman . |
| 10 | The public is not thirsting for reassurances about our place in the world . |
| 11 | No , sorry I was n't asking for view on the exercise done by Mr . |