Example sentences of "not [verb] [pron] for a " in BNC.
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1 | While you are confused , why not prepare yourself for a chat with your bank manager ? |
2 | Cunningham 's chummy dropping of the ‘ Mr ’ from his name did not fool him for a moment : the withdrawn and irascible figure he had encountered in mid-afternoon was nearer the soul of this man than mine accommodating and smiling host of the Skein of Geese 's oak-panelled restaurant . |
3 | ‘ Who indeed ? ’ she asked , not believing him for a minute , ‘ But rather arrogant of you to assume I would be willing to be caught . ’ |
4 | Your father , and Elizabeth and the others , are very worried about you , because you have not visited them for a long time . |
5 | He had not seen her for a while and he was pretty sure she had committed suicide . |
6 | she kept in touch with them for some time but er , I 've not seen her for a year so , I would n't know . |
7 | She had not seen him for a month . |
8 | She had not seen him for an hour or more , he had been here earlier , had he left in a fit of boredom , was he sulking in |
9 | Then , although I did not believe them for a moment , I stored them away in my memory against a rainy day . |
10 | ‘ She 's just noticed she 's not had it for a week or so . ’ |
11 | The Queen Alien was built in two versions , a full-size mechanical one also using two stuntmen inside , and a quarter-sized puppet , operated mechanically , since Cameron , who had accepted stop-motion for the Terminator 's final stage , did not like it for an organic creature . |
12 | The education process which the 1970s building surveyor had undergone in the fifties and early sixties had not equipped him for a meaningful and identifiable role in the profession of the seventies . |
13 | He felt a contentment when he was in her company that he missed when he did not see her for a while . |
14 | If you do not weigh yourself for a month , finding a 4 lb ( about 2 kg ) gain might be something of a surprise . |
15 | ‘ I 'm not asking you for a penny . ’ |
16 | I think the other possibility to take Stella 's point is that if there is a change that 's come up because of an audit , where a particular job has been audited and you know that within the next week or so another similar job is being audited , it may make sense to refer it 'til the next meeting , providing you 're not deferring it for a long period of time , to compar the results of the two jobs . |
17 | You add the wine , and mix it with the eggs and cheese , pour the mixture into a flameproof casserole and put it to cook immediately , but you do not leave it for an instant : you stir ceaselessly until you have a homogenous cream , and you serve it sizzling in the recipient in which it has cooked . " |
18 | Yeah he 's not taking me for a ride or anything . |
19 | In Berry ( No. 2 ) , the applicant , B , had been convicted of making an explosive in circumstances giving rise to the reasonable suspicion that he was not making it for a lawful object . |
20 | ( Note that you can not nominate yourself for a place . ) |
21 | Brian did not say anything for a moment . |
22 | Blanche looked at Lancaster with a quizzical smile and did not say anything for a full ten seconds . |
23 | He did not say anything for a few moments and then he shrugged and gave a sharp laugh . |
24 | And now he 'll not forgive me for a twelvemonth . |
25 | It can not be partly certain because the tenant can determine it at any time and partly uncertain because the landlord can not determine it for an uncertain period . |