Example sentences of "not for the [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | If I do n't deliver the goods , I do n't get any money , In business you get paid for results , not for the hours you put in . ’ |
2 | She was n't going to let him see that she would jump at it , although not for the reasons he might suppose . |
3 | Yes , of course I am disgruntled , but not for the reasons you may adduce . |
4 | ‘ Not for the reasons you imagine , Sarella . ’ |
5 | After a divorce there is a terrible sense of loneliness — not for the person you married but just being on your own . |
6 | If not for the operation it would only be a matter of months before she had to go on Dialysis . |
7 | ‘ But not for the reason you think . |
8 | Oh , yes , thought Juliet , I 'm worried , but not for the reason you think . |
9 | She hesitated , but not for the reason he imagined . |
10 | She did need rescuing , though not for the reason he imagined . |
11 | Riva would not hear them , were it not for the fact they speak in the same language , use the same gestures , and wear the same scars or armbands as her saints . |