Example sentences of "n't [verb] [pron] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would n't swop it for anything . ’ |
| 2 | But that also is the case , I mean er er , a lot of time th the actual design of our houses does n't lend itself for us to actually look even if you 're you 're permanently looking out the window . |
| 3 | she said yeah , she , erm , the reason that women who does the earrings could n't make them for me , was that she buys all the parts , well the flower earrings she makes , she buys all these parts and she ex assembles them which ever parts you want |
| 4 | ‘ I ca n't make it for you . ’ |
| 5 | " Then how come they do n't make anything for themselves out of all this hard labor ? " inquired the senator politely . |
| 6 | and they do n't want nothing for their kids . |
| 7 | Mrs Heseltine has said that she and her husband talk things over endlessly : ‘ I want him to succeed , but I do n't want it for myself . |
| 8 | ‘ Now I know he 's been trying everything he can to take my place and whatever James Hunt says , he does n't want it for nothing . ’ |
| 9 | The Greek police could n't nail you for anything , but we 're not quite so fussy over technicalities . |
| 10 | What happened , though , was he ordered one of the captains on a dangerous mission-just how dangerous I knew — on which he 'd been wounded and the young wives had n't forgiven her for it . |
| 11 | ‘ I still ai n't forgiven you for what you said , but when all 's said and done , blood 's thicker than water . ’ |
| 12 | You could n't hurt her for me and I would n't wish you to . |
| 13 | You do n't need one for me . |
| 14 | Yes , you do n't need it for what we 're going to do now |
| 15 | I did n't need it for myself and none of my students could read it anyway . |
| 16 | I do n't know one for you , good girl , there 's a school there look like what Ben goes to , but that 's a bigger school , god I 've got to get myself organised yet for next year have n't I ? |
| 17 | we do n't buy them for him . |
| 18 | ‘ No , you did n't buy it for me . |
| 19 | And maybe somebody would come to your door and say their wee boy or their girl was making their first communion , and they were in dire straights and could n't buy anything for them , and you would more or less have to give them your book to help them out , but you would go with them so that they did n't go over the score and get just exactly what that wain needed , you know , and just hope that they had enough money to pay you at the end of the quarter , you know . |
| 20 | I do n't expect anything for it . |
| 21 | ‘ She ca n't do everything for herself , ’ Tabitha said . |
| 22 | Ca n't do one for everything ! |
| 23 | I mean they do n't do nothing for nothing . |
| 24 | Do n't do nothing for me . |
| 25 | ‘ You ca n't do nothing for 'im . ’ |
| 26 | I keep saying , You used to your children , but they do n't do nothing for you now , do n't they |
| 27 | Yeah but you say to her that they 're always on about how s Shrimpy ca n't do anything for himself , and it 's between Emma , it 's not between it was al even Scott said to me at the beginning oh it 's not between me , it 's nothing to do with me , it 's between Emma and Scott . |
| 28 | ‘ I think when you first go into the Home , you 're frightened because you think you 'll be treated possibly as a cabbage or just somebody who ca n't do anything for themselves and that you may be completely dependent on people and you want to be independent . |
| 29 | And whatever she did with her hair , it still , thought Henry , did n't do anything for her face — Maisie 's face was still there , round as a dinner plate . |
| 30 | You see , and she did n't do anything for her birthday , the stupid cow . |