Example sentences of "[not/n't] for a [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I approached Mickey Duff about Wharton , but he said ‘ not for a million pounds ’ , then Nicotra demanded a ridiculous £375,000 to fight . |
| 2 | He was born in another age , the age when we played not for a million dollars in prize-money , or television sets , or holidays in the sun , but for the simple , exhilarating pleasure of golf itself . |
| 3 | Scientific and technological advances will help the world deal with greenhouse gases , but not for a hundred years or so . |
| 4 | I did this but it 's not for a few weeks time for my presentation on Freud , or |
| 5 | I thought I would get a job there but I could n't for a few months and er , my wife and two children joined me there and my brother 's wife joined us there , and two of us bought the house in Luton . |