Example sentences of "not [verb] [pron] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Lord Mandru will not eat you for breakfast ! ’ he said . |
| 2 | She did not make one for Jamie . |
| 3 | If it were not human you would not want it for research and if it was not human no one would deny you having it for research . ’ |
| 4 | That may be the competitive advantage that the hon. Gentleman wants for his constituents , but I do not want it for mine . |
| 5 | So far , the various Hawker pension funds have not been merged with those of its new parent company and the £512m BTR surplus does not include anything for Hawker . |
| 6 | He did not qualify him for income support , he supported him on to the back of his ass , he took him to the inn . |
| 7 | Because the infant is unwanted by one or two people at one point in time does not qualify it for extermination . |
| 8 | This , Emecheta explains , is a very strong goddess of the Ibos , so strong that Hausa soldiers dare not attack her for fear of being made impotent . |
| 9 | If the court adjourns the hearing of an application in accordance with regulation 143 but does not refer it for inquiry and report , then — ( a ) within 21 days of the adjournment , the unassisted party shall file an affidavit of costs and resources together with original exhibits and any other documents necessary to support the affidavit ; and ( b ) not less than 21 days before the adjourned hearing , the unassisted party shall serve notice on the area director of the date and time of the adjourned hearing together with a copy of his affidavit of costs and resources ( and of any exhibits and supporting documents ) . |
| 10 | When George saw that Curley was attacking Lennie , George allowed Lennie to fight back because he knew that he could not do everything for Lennie . |
| 11 | As I say when you become a councillor you do not do it for money , I mean I think probably to be a better reason to become a councillor these days . |
| 12 | It affects your job , your job prospects , your family life and the hidden costs , such as letters , telephone calls leaflets and the rest of it , you do not do it for money . |
| 13 | ‘ It did not do anything for manufacturing investment . |
| 14 | It did not do anything for pensioners . ’ |
| 15 | I 've not seen her for ages . ’ |
| 16 | I have not seen her for days . ’ |
| 17 | Not seen him for months . |
| 18 | And our agreement does not provide us for time off with pay for an event such as this . |
| 19 | I 've not had one for ages . |
| 20 | Mhm and then she 'll feel she 's not had anything for Christmas . |
| 21 | Not paying it for years and years all the time . |
| 22 | Labour is not presenting itself for slaughter , as it did in 1983 and to a lesser extent in 1987 . |
| 23 | What was found tomorrow , though they did not see it for newspapers were beyond their means , was a further notice from Robert Asshe to the effect that he would not be responsible for his daughter 's debts . |
| 24 | ( I remember it well for the sun shortly afterwards disappeared and we did not see it for weeks . ) |
| 25 | Yet as our relationship deepened , you seemed to abstract yourself , and sometimes I would not see you for days on end . |
| 26 | ‘ A part of your father 's gift I think you have , if you can learn not to deface it for spite because I am in the same world with you . ’ |
| 27 | The book goes on to quote Stephen Jay Gould , the noted Harvard palaeontologist , as saying : We avoid the excellent question , What good is 5 percent of an eye ? by arguing that the possessor of such an incipient structure did not use it for sight . |
| 28 | Do n't worry he 's not getting nothing for Christmas but a card and that 's it Ca n't even come and say hello , so bugger him ! |
| 29 | Even among that cosmopolitan crowd I felt awkward in my 1990s rented Renault runabout , but Berlin airport did not have anything for hire with half-tracks at the back , no period Kubelwagen Type 82 staff cars , a Schwimmwagen perhaps , or what I might have really gone for — an old Humber Super Snipe finished in khaki with white mudguards . |
| 30 | I mean , he 's not doing it for money ? ’ |