Example sentences of "not [verb] [noun prp] for [adj] " in BNC.

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1 I 'm not knocking Keith for that , I think it 's mega , but I do n't see myself being in any sort of league like that . ’
2 I had not seen Otley for some time and climbed up on the wall for a better view .
3 I had not seen Hugo for three hours .
4 He then went into the Army and did not see Minton for some time .
5 Dexter did not see Blanche for another few hours .
6 He went to all the openings , parties and dinners that he wanted to and frequently did not see Constance for several days .
7 Old Trafford boss Alex Ferguson talked him out of an immediate announcement , but Graham Taylor 's decision not to retain Robson for next week 's decisive game in Poland made any further delay pointless .
8 The Huddersfield Canal , planned in 1774 , did not reach Ashton-under-Lyne for another thirty years , through a 5,456 yard tunnel and seventy-four locks , sixty-four of which were in flights .
9 You can not pay SMP for any week in which your employee works for you .
10 We travelled back and forth between England and India until I was seven when , because of the First World War , we did not leave India for five idyllic years from 1915 .
11 I did not recall Slaven for tactical reasons .
12 so , if you normally work a five day week and lose a day 's work you will not get UB for that day because you are not unemployed for 3 days of the social welfare week .
13 A married woman or widow can not get HRP for any tax year in which she was only liable to pay reduced rate national insurance contributions .
14 It also said the council could not reimburse Tracy for any damage .
15 I had n't seen Malc for some months .
16 For a start , she had n't seen Rosemary for fifteen minutes and she did not want her to feel left out .
17 Gatsby is very nervous , as he has n't seen Daisy for many years and if she no longer loves him his whole purpose for living has gone .
18 ‘ After the bust-up I did n't see Rick for several weeks , ’ Lou began .
19 I wo n't see Gareth for another week now
20 ‘ But you would n't marry Cora-Beth for that reason alone , would you ? ’
21 The parish has become the other woman in my life — our lives — I do n't blame Peter for that , he has to believe in its importance in order not to feel he has wasted everything .
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