Example sentences of "n't [vb infin] [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 You could n't hurt her for me and I would n't wish you to .
11 You do n't need one for me .
12 Yes , you do n't need it for what we 're going to do now
13 I did n't need it for myself and none of my students could read it anyway .
14 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 ?
15 we do n't buy them for him .
16 ‘ No , you did n't buy it for me .
17 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 .
18 I do n't expect anything for it .
19 ‘ She ca n't do everything for herself , ’ Tabitha said .
20 Ca n't do one for everything !
21 I mean they do n't do nothing for nothing .
22 Do n't do nothing for me .
23 ‘ You ca n't do nothing for 'im . ’
24 I keep saying , You used to your children , but they do n't do nothing for you now , do n't they
25 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 .
26 ‘ 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 .
27 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 .
28 You see , and she did n't do anything for her birthday , the stupid cow .
29 ‘ We are declaring people homeless and then they are having to join a queue because we ca n't do anything for them , there is such a backlog . ’
30 Lord , you remember me , I ca n't do anything for myself , will you remember me ?
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