Example sentences of "[not/n't] be for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So a female quail does not begin to incubate her clutch of a dozen or so eggs until it is complete , and that may not be for a fortnight after the first was laid . |
| 2 | It may not be for a person 's death or betrayal that we are grieving . |
| 3 | Though it not be for a safety to anybody else in terms of operations , I think . |
| 4 | And it wo n't be for a while . |
| 5 | ‘ But that should n't be for a while , they 're not calling the twenties up yet … |
| 6 | I 've told her I 'll see her at the funeral , though I suppose it wo n't be for a while . |
| 7 | But it wo n't be for a while |