Example sentences of "not [verb] [pers pn] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | not using it for some |
| 2 | ‘ They grudgingly agreed , but they are not producing them for general sale . |
| 3 | I 'm not thanking you for that Phil . |
| 4 | ‘ I did not bring it for that purpose , ’ said Andrus hoarsely . |
| 5 | For all her self-confidence , her upbringing had not prepared her for that . ’ |
| 6 | His education had not prepared him for this in any way . |
| 7 | Sir Charles , whose practice as a family solicitor in Hertfordshire had not prepared him for this sort of thing , was losing control . |
| 8 | It was almost as if he was doing me a favour by not sentencing me for more , even though it was only one specimen charge of supplying . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'm glad to hear that , ’ Claudia said , not believing it for one moment . |
| 10 | We do not do it for any other aspect of our social existence . |
| 11 | I 'd not seen him for six months . |
| 12 | She always forgot , when she had not seen him for some time , how he affected her . |
| 13 | ‘ I 've not seen him for some time . ’ |
| 14 | I 've not seen him for twenty years . |
| 15 | Police broke in after neighbours had not seen him for several days . |
| 16 | I had not seen them for some time . |
| 17 | ‘ Although he had not seen us for six weeks , he soon recognised us and started shouting Tuffin George all over the shop . ’ |
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| 19 | and when we were having this argument on Wednesday he said I said we what what was your reason then for not paying me for that when I was genuinely sick and he said er oh he said because I gave you such a good bonus last week , I said what was that then , he said erm twenty five pounds , I said no you did n't ! |
| 20 | I would not forsake ye , I would not forsake you for sweetest of scenes : For sweetest of gardens that nature could make me I would not forsake ye , dear valleys and greens : Tho' Nature ne'er dropped ye a cloud-resting mountain , Nor waterfalls tumble their music so free , Had Nature denied ye a bush , tree , or fountain , Ye still had been loved as an Eden by me . |
| 21 | We work all year round but ca n't work on the uplands during the winter months — we might not see it for six to eight weeks . |
| 22 | We do not remember them for all the facts which they rammed into our heads , nor for praise or punishment , but for the way that they seemed to recognize our inner selves , and spoke to our essence . |
| 23 | Now the angels will not bless us for another year . ’ |
| 24 | Not getting me for any extra hours that 's a certain fact |
| 25 | Holding that the defence was not available the court in effect classified the defendant 's belief that the arrest was unlawful as a mistake of law , which could not avail him for these purposes . |
| 26 | I 'm not doing it for monetary reward or because I 'm asked to ; I 'm doing it because I feel I have to do it . |
| 27 | I 'm not doing it for monetary reward or because I 'm asked to ; I 'm doing it because I feel I have to do it . |
| 28 | So y I 've got to weigh up whether I 'm actually going to make a profit over four years or whether it 's going to be , but I 'm not doing it for that it 's not so much making a profit as the fact that I can secure the loan for four years and know that I have n't got any extra to , to find , and when you 've retired , if you 've got say seven years on your mortgage and you 're thinking well if mortgage rates go up erm I could get stuffed you know if they doubled again then you could actually fix on that assumption . |
| 29 | I said no , I 'm not , I 'm not doing it for that reason I said I 'm trying to you know thought to myself we 'll give them something back . |
| 30 | She was jealous that I was to bear her husband 's son — I could not hate her for that . |