Example sentences of "not [vb infin] in for [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ We are not a national daily ; we do not go in for moral crusades . ’ |
2 | Parker did not go in for German beer . |
3 | And we 'll sort out last week 's postal competition so do n't ring in for this one and the question was , What 's this got to do with a company ? |
4 | ‘ And she did n't go in for violent amateur dramatics with a bunch of friends ? ’ |
5 | ‘ I do n't go in for other stuff , ’ he said . |
6 | I 've only known you a few days , Luke , and I do n't go in for casual sex . ’ |
7 | ‘ It 's just that I do n't go in for casual encounters . ’ |
8 | I do n't go in for serious boyfriends . |
9 | But the non-conformists did n't go in for much decoration . |
10 | Anyway , I do n't go in for sharp manoeuvres much myself . |
11 | I wonder more people do n't go in for that sort of thing . |
12 | ‘ Stop fussing , ’ said Joe , ‘ I do n't go in for that sort of thing . |
13 | My family did n't go in for that sort of thing . |
14 | erm , and er , sometimes even pleased to say well I 'll try to get you in purple , but er , nowadays erm , we , we do n't go in for that because there 's , there 's so many er shops now that selling lighting fittings erm and selling nothing else , there is n't one actually in Harlow , but there 's one in Epping and there 's one in Stortford , erm that er , it 's , it 's riding a new car people want to see er a good variety of them , have a look at a lot or a washing machine or anything like that , you want to see many before you buy one . |
15 | They are n't moody ; they do n't go in for sexual harassment |
16 | ‘ But we do n't go in for top models , ’ she said . |
17 | Though he kept a folder packed with suggestions for new volumes , he was keen to emphasise their serious didactic nature : ‘ We do n't go in for quick quack books . ’ |
18 | Enya does n't go in for intellectual analysis of her music much , but when I tell her these first reactions to her heart- breakingly beautiful new album , ‘ Shepherd Moons ’ , she lights up with a certain delighted relief that two years of studio work seems to be hitting the right target . |
19 | I 'm an old-fashioned textual critic , not a biographer — I do n't go in for this sort of — it was n't profit — I 'll put them back next week — I wanted them to be a secret . |
20 | How was she to explain that she did n't go in for this high-profile look ? |
21 | They do n't go in for this sort of thing . |
22 | er There is obviously a certain party atmosphere at Conferences , it 's the one big chance of the year for many many hard-working activists to get together and share ideas , it does engender er a certain amount of frivolity er around the edges , so we 'll see some of that , but we do n't go in for this cult of leadership which the other parties do , you wo n't see any manufactured longstanding ovations for er leaders . |
23 | We do n't go in for this , this cult er type of politics . |
24 | Well that , that 's why I think I went down so hard when I did n't get that job cos she said , I , I took , I took the erm , I went , I was the first , to go , first of all I did n't put in for this job it 's one that 's been laying around since last September , I wrote to , kept to St. Mary 's for this mental health thing and I got in touch with this Mrs and she said I 've got nothing I can offer you at the moment but I , I will be in touch and I went down the job centre one day and erm , there was this thing to say that they wanted mental nurses |