Example sentences of "and not [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sometimes Finch would leave Yolande in the morning for the studio and not return for several days . |
| 2 | Inhabitants of Pripyat , the town nearest to the reactor , were told nothing for 36 hours , and not tested for signs of radiation sickness until much later . |
| 3 | She must have some complaint , Alida decided , to stay in this house two and a half , three hours , and not ask for the bathroom , it is unnatural . |
| 4 | They could n't take your man and your job and your home and not answer for it ! |
| 5 | You should have gone in and not waited for me . ’ |
| 6 | I think you know I was con trying to concentrate on getting the facts over and doing it properly and not listening for the comments so much and thinking more you know what , what can I get out of this here erm |
| 7 | She said Copper had a 50:50 chance but that his leg may break at any time , not to mention all the problems that come with keeping a horse standing up and not moving for what could be months rather than weeks . |
| 8 | After this flight the aircraft was de-rigged again and not flown for several weeks . |
| 9 | We should learn to pay ourselves wage rises lower than inflation when necessary , and not to press for devaluation within the EMS . |
| 10 | If not , let us put our own house in order and not wait for others to do it for us . |
| 11 | Ironically , Mr Yeltsin 's studious absence from public view for the past few days forced the two parties to seek a solution and not wait for him to intervene . |
| 12 | Willing to take responsibility for the church to grow , and not wait for it to happen . |
| 13 | And the point is that wherever you go you tend to keep your eye open and not wait for something to crop up ; you do tend to say ‘ 'Ello , ‘ ello , ‘ ello , What 's this ? |
| 14 | It is a good idea to turn the main stopcock off and on once or twice each year to keep its mechanism free and not wait for an emergency to discover that it has jammed open . |
| 15 | Do n't expect everything to be crystal clear , or cut and dried for Monday 's one of those times when you have to take the lead and not wait for folk to spell things out in words of one syllable . |
| 16 | He says to shower for at least 10 minutes and not to opt for a bath . |
| 17 | As such they are programmers ' aids and not intended for the user unfamiliar with computing . |
| 18 | Second , most people who are in work are keeping their heads down and not looking for a new job , so there is less competition from those in work . |
| 19 | As a researcher , it was very important to be sensitive to these problems and consistently reassure social workers that I was not undertaking any semi-official enquiry , and not looking for particular cases that ‘ go wrong ’ . |
| 20 | At least have the honesty to admit it and not to vote for an a management initiative that says we 're gon na become an enabling authority and then it subsequently to deny every single measure that will allow that to happen . |
| 21 | In such cases , the dancer has to submit to the discipline of style and context dictated and not created for them . |
| 22 | Muhammad Ali , the Deputy Chief of Police , from a town with no Magharba or Zuwaya , told them they had only a little quarrel : they could easily settle it themselves ; if the police intervened it would become more bitter ; they would be wise to make peace ( sulh ) and not to call for judgement . |
| 23 | " We will open the gates and rush out upon the princess 's men ; if we must die , at least we will die bravely , and not begging for help from an old black scavenger . " |
| 24 | There was also still a feeling in the Hollywood colony that as he had established himself as a star he should not play an unattractive character , and , what is more , he would only be the second lead and not appear for the first twenty minutes . |
| 25 | Such memory differences appear instead to be limited to the single arousing item and not appear for the immediately following ones although general physiological arousal would be expected to still be present . |
| 26 | some sedatives ( to be used with caution and not recommended for regular use ) . |
| 27 | A bottle of house red lived up to the expectations predicted by the standard of the food — rich and fruity and not recommended for those driving home . |
| 28 | ‘ Teach us , Good Lord , to give and not to count the cost , to fight and not to heed the wounds , to toil and not to seek for rest , to labour and to ask for no reward , save that of knowing that we do Thy will . ’ |
| 29 | I do n't mind the idea of doing love scenes if they are part and parcel of the job and not inserted for sensational reasons . |
| 30 | Portable and hardy it was , but slow and prone to blowing up telephone exchanges , because it was American and not approved for use in the UK . |