Example sentences of "not [verb] for [num] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now I 'm not suggesting for one moment that anybody who has all the problems that dear Mr has there , but I think we might be able to learn something , do you ? |
| 2 | I 'm not suggesting for one moment it 's easy , but I mean is it possible that , you know erm accepting that this is a major conflict , it does involve all of us whether we like it or not |
| 3 | His leader did not believe for one moment the protestations of innocence . |
| 4 | Nevertheless , I do not believe for one moment — I made this point on enough occasions to the hon. Member for Antrim , East ( Mr. Beggs ) — that , if we had not given potential investors the opportunity to buy a power station that could be converted to gas , there would have been much hope of bringing a gas pipeline to Northern Ireland . |
| 5 | I would not suggest for one moment that they existed here . |
| 6 | He 's had plenty of dealing with your sort — he 's not fooled for one minute and neither am I ! ’ |
| 7 | While I would insist on the centrality of Noel Coward 's sexuality to the patterns of meanings that I see in Brief Encounter , I would not wish for one second to hold him up as any kind of gay martyr . |
| 8 | ‘ You have n't been listening , Claudia ; we 're not parting for one moment until I find Garry — and it 's time you called me Roman . ’ |
| 9 | Now , I do not pretend for one moment that children should not be taught to add , subtract , read and think logically . |
| 10 | It would be easy to dismiss ‘ softing ’ as an esoteric corner of the stock market which could be ignored , if it did not account for one deal in every six . |
| 11 | If the Oxford can not fly for one reason or another , she will still be the only ‘ live ’ Airspeed aircraft in the world . |
| 12 | Yeah I 'm only I 'm not working for two pound fifty . |
| 13 | I said you 're not working for forty pound a week |