Example sentences of "[not/n't] [vb infin] for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The proposal was that His Majesty would invite certain individuals as individuals to take upon their shoulders the burden of carrying on the Government and Mr. Baldwin and Mr. Samuel ( sic ) had stated that they were prepared to act accordingly … the Administration would not exist for a period longer than was necessary to dispose of the emergency , and when that purpose was achieved the political parties would resume their respective positions . |
| 2 | I do not think for a moment that the Letter of Aristeas should be taken as a Festal Scroll , something like the Book of Esther , to be read in the Alexandrian synagogues every year on the day on which ( as we know from Philo ) the Alexandrian Jews commemorated the translation ( De vita Mosis 2.41 ) . |
| 3 | Nenna did not answer for a second , and Tilda bellowed : |
| 4 | Taken by surprise , she could not answer for a moment and than said angrily , ‘ If you knew , why did n't you say something before ? ’ |
| 5 | We could not undress for a week in case of a submarine attack , and you all got a little cross , I remember . |
| 6 | Marion does not qualify for a maintenance grant because her parents are well off , but they are also estranged , from each other and from her , so she is obliged to support herself at University with a variety of part-time jobs . |
| 7 | Dominique Strauss-Kahn , France 's trade minister , said his government would not act for a month but could demand retaliatory measures if the US acted . |
| 8 | The latter need not wait for a change of heart on the part of the Prime Minister , or the election of a new government , before translating guilt about the condition of those less fortunate than themselves into action . |
| 9 | But he did not wait for a reply before throwing himself to one side as a sabre whistled down and buried itself deep in the brickwork of the window sill where he had been sitting . |
| 10 | Sensibly he did not wait for a reply , since the possibilities were clearly endless . |
| 11 | She did not wait for a reply . |
| 12 | James Ross did not speak for a minute . |
| 13 | Roger Kenyon started slightly , but he did not speak for a moment . |
| 14 | ‘ Was n't that terrific ? ’ she turned to Ven to eagerly exclaim — and felt her heart begin to race yet again when , his expression somehow gentle , he did not speak for a moment but just stood and looked at her . |
| 15 | If this appeals to you , why not send for a booklet we 've written called ‘ A Guide to Working from Home ’ ? |
| 16 | Like the earlier pact which was due to due to expire in 1991 [ see pp. 36636 ; 34522-23 ] , the new agreement did not provide for a price support structure common to other commodity arrangements and favoured by the two largest jute producers , Bangladesh and India . |
| 17 | Not only does this not provide for a period of professional consolidation , but the students additionally have concern for their continuing employment . |
| 18 | I do not believe for a moment that , with unemployment heading towards three million , the benefits would be significantly dissipated by higher inflation , any more than were the benefits of depreciation in the early 1980s . |
| 19 | I do not believe for a moment that in the future we shall allow millions of our fellow-countrymen , through no fault of their own , to pass through life ill-housed , ill-clothed , ill-fed , ill-educated . |
| 20 | I did not hesitate for a moment . |
| 21 | We asked her mother who , in spite of being Jewish and already in a precarious position , did not hesitate for a moment . |
| 22 | She did not look for a hotel . |
| 23 | In fact this did not occur for a number of reasons . |
| 24 | She did not ring for a nurse because she did n't want to have to seem cheerful and she remembered from the two births of her live children , which had gone well , that this was a rule in hospitals . |
| 25 | Pedro How would you like to not see for a couple of days ? |
| 26 | Either way , they would see no increase in their direct taxes under Labour , provided they do not work for a living . |
| 27 | If you do not weigh for a year and you eat just an extra 500 calories each day during that time , you will have put on a full 45 lb ( 21.8 kg ) ; rather a nasty shock ! |
| 28 | On the dining-room walls today hang generations of Macleods ; Boswell and Johnson were entertained by the 23rd chief , Norman , who did not marry for a decade after the travellers stayed here . |
| 29 | ‘ Choose here and now whom you will worship , ’ Joshua challenged the people of Israel but did not pause for a reply : ‘ But I and my family , we will worship the Lord . ’ |
| 30 | I do not suggest for a moment that I have described every interesting object within binocular range , but I think that there is enough variety here to satisfy most people . |