Example sentences of "not [verb] [pers pn] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Lord Mandru will not eat you for breakfast ! ’ he said . |
| 2 | 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 . ’ |
| 3 | That may be the competitive advantage that the hon. Gentleman wants for his constituents , but I do not want it for mine . |
| 4 | He did not qualify him for income support , he supported him on to the back of his ass , he took him to the inn . |
| 5 | Because the infant is unwanted by one or two people at one point in time does not qualify it for extermination . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 ) . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | And our agreement does not provide us for time off with pay for an event such as this . |
| 11 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | I mean , he 's not doing it for money ? ’ |
| 14 | I 'm not doing it for stardom . |
| 15 | For example , we would be surprised if the police did not wear a particular uniform or if a traffic warden did not book us for parking on a yellow line . |
| 16 | He had nothing to give Merymose to take to Kenamun , and the priest-administrator would not thank him for information which cast suspicion on two of the most powerful men in the country . |
| 17 | I have a pretty good idea what Charlotte 's just-a-handful of also ran last-among-equals might be , although the press release does not name them for fear of diminishing the glory of Verbier 's triumph . |
| 18 | Several hon. Members who spoke after the opening speakers — I shall not name them for fear of causing inter-party embarrassment — said that it was an urgent matter , and I applaud them . |
| 19 | Christ could not blame him for drinking . |
| 20 | Why else would the Oldenburgs have visited this great cathedral if not to check it for security ? |
| 21 | My index finger was sleeved in frost and I dared not bend it for fear of splitting the skin . |
| 22 | You must not reprimand her for doing as she was told . ’ |
| 23 | I am not proposing him for Moderator , but I am pressing his case . |
| 24 | Of course , policmen never think of paying for what they buy and we do not ask them for money . |
| 25 | These do not concern us for Kursk guberniia , which was almost exclusively Great Russian and Orthodox , but the traditional independence of the Old Believer elements in the Siberian peasantry must not be forgotten . |
| 26 | IG Metall 's members could not forgive him for gambling in a casino for capitalists . |
| 27 | So a boxer who is struck by his opponent can not sue him for battery . |
| 28 | Well , the people were so impressed they , you could have heard a pin drop in that hall , and he really in our Welsh way he put it over proper you know and erm the Chairman made a quite a nice remark in the end he said , Now he said we must remember these two fellows here , I said , They are Welsh and they speak Welsh as their first language they do n't speak it for fancy they use it every day and he said I think they 've done exceedingly well er to come down here and give us the Because what happen I was sit in the front row and somebody asked me a question and he said , Perhaps er Dafydd there can answer . |
| 29 | ‘ Not much sun on Gullholm at this time of the year , I admit , but you ca n't beat it for peace and privacy . |
| 30 | I have n't seen her for week and half now . |