Example sentences of "[not/n't] [vb infin] [adv prt] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Anyway , I do n't go in for sharp manoeuvres much myself . |
| 32 | I wonder more people do n't go in for that sort of thing . |
| 33 | ‘ Stop fussing , ’ said Joe , ‘ I do n't go in for that sort of thing . |
| 34 | My family did n't go in for that sort of thing . |
| 35 | erm , and er , sometimes even pleased to say well I 'll try to get you in purple , but er , nowadays erm , we , we do n't go in for that because there 's , there 's so many er shops now that selling lighting fittings erm and selling nothing else , there is n't one actually in Harlow , but there 's one in Epping and there 's one in Stortford , erm that er , it 's , it 's riding a new car people want to see er a good variety of them , have a look at a lot or a washing machine or anything like that , you want to see many before you buy one . |
| 36 | They are n't moody ; they do n't go in for sexual harassment |
| 37 | ‘ But we do n't go in for top models , ’ she said . |
| 38 | Though he kept a folder packed with suggestions for new volumes , he was keen to emphasise their serious didactic nature : ‘ We do n't go in for quick quack books . ’ |
| 39 | Enya does n't go in for intellectual analysis of her music much , but when I tell her these first reactions to her heart- breakingly beautiful new album , ‘ Shepherd Moons ’ , she lights up with a certain delighted relief that two years of studio work seems to be hitting the right target . |
| 40 | I 'm an old-fashioned textual critic , not a biographer — I do n't go in for this sort of — it was n't profit — I 'll put them back next week — I wanted them to be a secret . |
| 41 | How was she to explain that she did n't go in for this high-profile look ? |
| 42 | They do n't go in for this sort of thing . |
| 43 | er There is obviously a certain party atmosphere at Conferences , it 's the one big chance of the year for many many hard-working activists to get together and share ideas , it does engender er a certain amount of frivolity er around the edges , so we 'll see some of that , but we do n't go in for this cult of leadership which the other parties do , you wo n't see any manufactured longstanding ovations for er leaders . |
| 44 | We do n't go in for this , this cult er type of politics . |
| 45 | ‘ It 's like a time bomb you carry round with you , ’ Arty said , ‘ and the alarm might n't go off for twenty-five years . ’ |
| 46 | Right and then I I 've been out today and I probably wo n't go out for another four days so I hope I 'm alright you know that way it gives me chance to get it right again . |
| 47 | Well that , that 's why I think I went down so hard when I did n't get that job cos she said , I , I took , I took the erm , I went , I was the first , to go , first of all I did n't put in for this job it 's one that 's been laying around since last September , I wrote to , kept to St. Mary 's for this mental health thing and I got in touch with this Mrs and she said I 've got nothing I can offer you at the moment but I , I will be in touch and I went down the job centre one day and erm , there was this thing to say that they wanted mental nurses |
| 48 | ‘ She went under a desk and did n't come out for four days . |
| 49 | My mother 's been up there and she did n't come back for two hours and she came back we kept well he 'd sold a lot of meat in the meantime . |
| 50 | She did n't come back for two days . |
| 51 | He did n't come back for several hours , afraid of Mum 's temper but Dad said he would replace the mirror and this seemed to pacify her . |
| 52 | Who said ‘ P*** off , we do n't get up for another hour . |
| 53 | Angry neighbours could n't get out for two days . |
| 54 | I could n't lie down for five weeks ! |
| 55 | He could n't lie down for seven weeks because of problems with his head , neck and pelvis , ’ recalled Knight . |
| 56 | I mean , i if he , if you said something like that to him and he went away and he did n't turn up for two or three days , you would never live with yourself . |
| 57 | Should have been seven — but I did n't turn up for three . ’ |