Example sentences of "[not/n't] [vb infin] [verb] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Your father did not want to pay for the doctor , while the priest 'e comes free ! |
| 2 | By holding one end of this batten against the wall , floor ceiling , and using the tape to measure the gap , you will be able to do it on your own without needing someone to hold the other end of the tape , and will get more accurate measurements , as you will not need to allow for the width of the tape measure case . |
| 3 | We do not need to wait for the Reeve 's Tale for a fabliau in which the Miller can be identified with a target figure : the Miller 's Tale itself links its dramatic teller , the Miller , with John the carpenter as John repeats the Miller 's axiom found in the Miller 's Prologue : in his own homespun wisdom : — a valuing of ignorance which Nicholas is able to play upon ( 3558 ) . |
| 4 | Sadly , even their combined efforts can not hope to compensate for the many jobs lost . |
| 5 | An amoral man applying a fixed morality to others might not have hoped for the success Surere had had ; but now , with so much ranged against him , in a world so different from the one he had lorded it in , Huy wondered how he would get on . |
| 6 | O'Neill 's suspect views were known to many unionists and the conservatives did not have to wait for the fruits of O'Neillism , however timid they may have been . |
| 7 | The part has an enlarged on-chip primary write-back cache rather than the write-through cache of the 80486 , which means that the CPU does not have to wait for the cache controller to copy stored data back to main memory . |
| 8 | Students do not have to search for the ‘ ideal ’ patient . |
| 9 | The bird brought her food , dropping it into her mouth so that she should not have to stop for the nourishment she needed in order to have enough strength to carry on . |
| 10 | If hypertension has been neglected in the diabetic care of the past , lipids might not have existed for the attention they have received . |
| 11 | the multiplier was reduced from 15 years to 11 years to reflect the fact that the marriage might not have lasted for the whole of the natural life of the deceased . |
| 12 | In the USA the absence of a strong socialist movement can to some degree be explained by ( a ) the ‘ newness ’ and apparent ‘ classlessness ’ of their social structures , especially the absence of an aristocracy ; ( b ) extensive social mobility ; ( c ) the multiplicity of ethnic cleavages ; and ( d ) the fact that universal suffrage arrived before large-scale industrialization , which meant that the working -class did not have to struggle for the franchise . |
| 13 | At present local NHS services do not have to pay for the care of individuals in Regional Secure Units or Special Hospitals ; they can shuffle off their responsibilities by claiming to have no suitable facilities and , in any case , such people receive little public support or sympathy . |
| 14 | Elena has now returned for more plastic surgery and although her family does not have to pay for the treatment , there will be hefty travelling expenses to meet during the next few years . |
| 15 | In areas , such as particle physics , there are a large number of scientists who do not wish to work for the military . |
| 16 | I can not understand why , after arriving at Kinghorn , he refused to wait up for his royal master and did not go looking for the King . |
| 17 | This is much cheaper when done by housewives in nuclear families than any other way , since these women do not get paid for the work , obtaining only their maintenance . |
| 18 | ‘ I will not cease to wrestle for the salvation of your immortal soul . ’ |
| 19 | If relatives can not afford to pay for the funeral they should seek assistance from the Department of Social Security ( DSS ) ( see Section 4 ) . |
| 20 | However , parents who could not afford to pay for the meals were to be in no way penalized . |
| 21 | The court decided that victims of art thefts should be protected against the usual requirement in civil cases that the owner must make some effort to recover stolen goods within three years ; it ruled that the clock does not start ticking for the statute of limitations until the victim locates the stolen artworks and asks for their return . |
| 22 | ‘ We do n't want to go for the sort of so called innovation that can alienate an audience , ’ he exclaims when we talk about the sometimes clichéd dynamics of their music . |
| 23 | If the child does n't want to go for the first test or even the second test , it is their right . ’ |
| 24 | Frustrated I can not land what I want to do , and do n't want to settle for the wrong thing . |
| 25 | I did n't want to wait for the baby to appear through the navel . |
| 26 | In fact , unreasonable behaviour is often used as a means of getting a quickie divorce where husband and wife both want one but do n't want to wait for the two-year separation period ; and because the age of chivalry is still not dead , men are often willing to let their wives petition for divorce when the fault is fifty-fifty , or even when the women are more to blame . |
| 27 | let them live it , do n't want saving for the children , no , they do n't want nothing |
| 28 | Or maybe he does n't want freeing for the Fleet , eh ? |
| 29 | This also meant that they could get away earlier at night after the show , as they did n't need to wait for the curtain . |
| 30 | It means , do n't keep wishing for the next day , or the next week , or month , or year , or your life goes too fast . |