Example sentences of "not [vb infin] [verb] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ How could anyone not want to go for a sail on a day like this ? ’ |
| 2 | Likely you 'll not want to stop for a cup of tea ? |
| 3 | ‘ Your father did not want to pay for the doctor , while the priest 'e comes free ! |
| 4 | Enter Rita , a young , timid , nervous , woman in clinging red dress , lipstick to match and a pair of shoes in which you would not want to run for a bus . |
| 5 | By holding one end of this batten against the wall , floor ceiling , and using the tape to measure the gap , you will be able to do it on your own without needing someone to hold the other end of the tape , and will get more accurate measurements , as you will not need to allow for the width of the tape measure case . |
| 6 | We do not need to wait for the Reeve 's Tale for a fabliau in which the Miller can be identified with a target figure : the Miller 's Tale itself links its dramatic teller , the Miller , with John the carpenter as John repeats the Miller 's axiom found in the Miller 's Prologue : in his own homespun wisdom : — a valuing of ignorance which Nicholas is able to play upon ( 3558 ) . |
| 7 | ‘ The players should not need motivating for a match against Manchester United . |
| 8 | ‘ Are you sure you would not like to rest for a little ? ’ enquired Agnes . |
| 9 | The tannoy on the Isle of Man boat gave occasional coughs , and tinny , inaudible announcements , but they did not begin to panic for a while . |
| 10 | But she did not pause to listen for an answer . |
| 11 | Sadly , even their combined efforts can not hope to compensate for the many jobs lost . |
| 12 | That sufferers from alcoholism can not stop drinking for a day , a week , a month , a year or more . |
| 13 | We should not have to apologize for a vow of celibacy . |
| 14 | The Prince could not have hoped for a better platform . |
| 15 | She could not have guessed how much she would enjoy herself with a stranger , how completely this woman was in sympathy with her , could not have hoped for a new friend to come out , at this stage in her life , and give her so much pleasure . |
| 16 | An amoral man applying a fixed morality to others might not have hoped for the success Surere had had ; but now , with so much ranged against him , in a world so different from the one he had lorded it in , Huy wondered how he would get on . |
| 17 | At Darlington , so that they would not have to wait for a connection , they had hired a special train to Richmond , where they were met . |
| 18 | But British and French workers did not have to wait for an economic upturn . |
| 19 | O'Neill 's suspect views were known to many unionists and the conservatives did not have to wait for the fruits of O'Neillism , however timid they may have been . |
| 20 | The part has an enlarged on-chip primary write-back cache rather than the write-through cache of the 80486 , which means that the CPU does not have to wait for the cache controller to copy stored data back to main memory . |
| 21 | Students do not have to search for the ‘ ideal ’ patient . |
| 22 | He could not have asked for a clearer-case of his anti-Christian enemy ‘ trampling on the moral law ’ than in Hungary . |
| 23 | I could not have asked for a better introduction to the summer Alps ’ . |
| 24 | If the cast had needed a demonstration of Michael Banks 's genuine warmth , they could not have asked for a better one than the way he dealt with Alex Household . |
| 25 | Some of the stimulus for this came from a survey of senior medical students , yet when 30 current house officers were consulted all but two said that , though they would be happy to have the opportunity to apply for both jobs at one hospital , they would not have applied for a one year block contract that restricted them to one hospital . |
| 26 | The bird brought her food , dropping it into her mouth so that she should not have to stop for the nourishment she needed in order to have enough strength to carry on . |
| 27 | If hypertension has been neglected in the diabetic care of the past , lipids might not have existed for the attention they have received . |
| 28 | Larkins , who made 103 before retiring to give his team-mates a bat , could not have wished for a better comeback , and with Robin Smith making a stylish 70 , England made 263 for four from 50 overs . |
| 29 | ‘ For my part I do not think that the House of Lords in that case had in mind the special position in the administration of justice of the Director of Public Prosecutions and the Crown Prosecution Service or would have been prepared to extend the effect of the orders of a civil court in such a way as indirectly to bind them in the performance of their duties in relation to the criminal law and before the criminal courts in circumstances in which they had not sought and may not have wished for an order for discovery . |
| 30 | the multiplier was reduced from 15 years to 11 years to reflect the fact that the marriage might not have lasted for the whole of the natural life of the deceased . |