Example sentences of "n't [verb] for [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could n't stay for one day . ’ |
| 2 | This is in line with the editorial style of the magazines , and with design fashions , but it certainly does n't make for easy reading . |
| 3 | Of course , only the bad stories are told ; obviously , the good ones do n't make for good copy . |
| 4 | You do n't think for one minute I 'm going to eat the filth I give to you ? |
| 5 | ‘ I did n't think for one minute that he 'd made it there under his own steam , ’ Simone murmured , and André laughed smugly . |
| 6 | I 'm going to investigate , see if I ca n't do a conv I do n't think for one minute I will but it 's possible do a conversion er into erm the box type . |
| 7 | I do n't think for one minute that there are teachers who are drunk in charge of children in the classroom . |
| 8 | I mean you would n't you would n't think for one minute that Aunty Mary came from . |
| 9 | In theory , people who took out their cards before July 1977 — the date when the Consumer Credit Act became effective — and who still use the same cards , do n't qualify for this protection under their initial contract . |
| 10 | She did n't doubt for one minute that the feeling was mutual . |
| 11 | What if Lubor said he had heard , but that Ven was n't returning for another week ? |
| 12 | ‘ What a blessing I did n't fall for some curtaining remnants this afternoon . |
| 13 | ‘ Poor Dora , she ca n't wait for this week to be over , ’ Melissa remarked . |
| 14 | That was a great holiday — and I ca n't wait for next year to come |
| 15 | If you ca n't wait for next month then you could get hold of a copy of my book ‘ QBasic:The Language of MS-DOS ’ . |
| 16 | He did n't wait for any response , but pushed open the heavy white gates with a scrunch of gravel . |
| 17 | Fortunately he did n't wait for any reply . |
| 18 | She stormed off and did n't wait for any reply , but Alain caught her quickly . |
| 19 | And if we were able to make a budget erm , without the constraints of the S S A and so on , we would not , erm you know , and without the cuts of business rates as Mr said , there would n't need for any pain anyway . |
| 20 | It is n't designed for high volume output , but I would n't be at all upset to have one adorning my desk . |
| 21 | Well it did n't , really did n't matter for last night cos I was at school . |
| 22 | What I 'm saying to you is , erm I do n't expect for one minute to have a computer installed in my office , ccessdon'tw alter it to that a particular way , and |
| 23 | The Bull & Gate surely was n't built for this sort of punishment . |
| 24 | Rose sends greetings to all those Medau friends she has n't seen for some time . |
| 25 | There 's so much I have n't done for this exam . |
| 26 | Something you used to spend a lot of time at but have n't done for some time . |
| 27 | This man was n't prepared for deep interrogation . |
| 28 | Les Conn : ‘ Well , of course , the people were n't prepared for that kind of entertainment and they all put their hands over their ears , and Bloom started screaming , ‘ Get them off , they 're ruining my wedding party ’ . |
| 29 | Somehow one is n't prepared for that kind of situation … |
| 30 | ‘ I felt we played a little bit like an end of season game and did n't work for each other . ’ |