Example sentences of "not [prep] [noun] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | With regard to the rest of the local ornithology around Yarrundi he was more confident , and in his instructions to Gilbert written on 20 January 1842 , he stipulated , ‘ The Brushes are not worth hunting for the birds . ’ |
| 2 | Those links into Harrogate nevertheless are required are they not in order for the relief road to function . |
| 3 | I 'm not in boxing for the love of it , just the money . |
| 4 | Williams was not in court for the hearing but was represented by solicitor Tony Smyth , who entered a plea of guilty on her behalf . |
| 5 | Stevens declined to give evidence and was not in court for the ruling . |
| 6 | Mr Spicer was not in Rye for the purpose of a seaside holiday . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm not in business for the good of my health . |
| 8 | George Eliot too is not without sympathy for the picturesque , and admits that ‘ the stray hovel , its old , old thatch full of mossy hills and valleys with wondrous modulations of light and shadow ’ , is an element of joy in landscape to her midland-bred soul ; yet her attack on the picturesque view of the decaying farm , owned by Mr Brooke and ironically known as ‘ Freeman 's End ’ , shows her to be substantially in sympathy with Dorothea . |
| 9 | Despite Swansea lodging a protest , the FA yesterday ruled that Exeter were not at fault for the abandonment . |
| 10 | ‘ I was n't in Belfast for the second leg but from what I saw on television they gave Tbilisi a lot of problems and that 's what we are expecting next week . |
| 11 | But erm that did n't , no , that was n't on offer for the girls . |