Example sentences of "i [vb mod] not for the " in BNC.

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1 For the next few days I was horribly inactive , gripped by a lethargy that I could not for the life of me understand .
2 I said that it would be unkind and discourteous to decline a visit , but I could not for the life of me see how I could help him where persons of much greater power were impotent .
3 Gentlemen , I would not for the world be judge in a cause in which I am one party among three .
4 And I would not for the world meddle with her plans , though I am proud that she has consented on the way to visit me for a while .
5 I would not for the world keep him from his rest .
6 If your good lady mother is indisposed , I would not for the world — ’
7 I can not for the life of me imagine a place as distant as Italy .
8 I can not for the life of me understand anglers who use those lifeless , poker-like , stepped-up carp rods coupled with lines of 12lb or less .
9 Only my problem is , all my package-tour details were in the small valise , and — would you believe it ? — I can not for the life of me recall where I am checked in .
10 I can not for the life of me see why children have to take so long to grow up .
11 I can not for the life of me see why the County Council as the Statutory Authority and supposedly an independent er er body to British Coal is so resistant to a full public inquiry when only the clear er proposals of British Coal will come out .
12 I can not for the life of me see why they 're so resistant to it .
13 I can not for the life of me see this is a reasonable attitude on the part of the County Council .
14 I can not for the life of me see Wilko releasin Rocky , especially for only 1 Million .
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