Example sentences of "not [verb] [vb pp] [pers pn] for " in BNC.
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1 | The wasp will remember exactly what to do at each burrow , according to its stage in the cycle , and the number of caterpillars it already contains , even though she may not have visited it for several days . |
2 | And why not have placed them for safe keeping in a pocket , satchel or valise ? |
3 | ’ ‘ I would n't have come , ’ said the soldier , who would not have missed it for worlds , ‘ I would n't have come if I 'd known there would be Druids squashing and glooming . |
4 | ‘ She could not say nay ; and she must needs do his bidding ; and yet she would not have done it for all this world . |
5 | Here she was , imagining that the last half-hour had been a sort of truce — telling Marc all those things about her life on the stage , all those silly , funny , self-mocking stories of disaster and mayhem that were part of the business , and he 'd been sitting there in judgement all that time , working out how much Peter might or might not have paid her for playing the part of his fiancée … |
6 | They may not have enthused him for their particular brand of political idealism , but they certainly sowed seeds of great potential musically . |
7 | She is a cold , unfeeling and unresponsive woman : she must be , or Hugo would not have left her for me . |
8 | Now , having beaten West Indies three times in quick succession after not having beaten them for years , outclassing New Zealand 2–0 out there , the first team in over a decade to win a Test rubber there , and of course reaching the World Cup final , England are now a force to be reckoned with . |