Example sentences of "not [v-ing] [pron] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | monitor current prescriptions to make sure that children are not using them for their first experiments with drugs . |
| 2 | not using it for some |
| 3 | ‘ They grudgingly agreed , but they are not producing them for general sale . |
| 4 | I 'm not thanking you for that Phil . |
| 5 | He pounced on the Scottish selectors for not picking him for the 4 × 100 metres relay team for Edinburgh and , so it said in one of the tabloids , he was now ready to meet Linford Christie . |
| 6 | I 'm not saving myself for you , or anything , but there 's nothing fuckable for miles . |
| 7 | ‘ I am not saving it for the Tour de France . |
| 8 | It was almost as if he was doing me a favour by not sentencing me for more , even though it was only one specimen charge of supplying . |
| 9 | ‘ Who indeed ? ’ she asked , not believing him for a minute , ‘ But rather arrogant of you to assume I would be willing to be caught . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I 'm glad to hear that , ’ Claudia said , not believing it for one moment . |
| 11 | and when we were having this argument on Wednesday he said I said we what what was your reason then for not paying me for that when I was genuinely sick and he said er oh he said because I gave you such a good bonus last week , I said what was that then , he said erm twenty five pounds , I said no you did n't ! |
| 12 | He says well I 'm not paying you for it , he says you put it on and it do n't work , he says well we want it back , he says well you take it back and put my parts on that you took off , he says we ca n't , he says well I 'm not paying you hundred and forty pound for a part that do n't work and he says , anyway he says er , are you sure it 's a hundred and forty pound he said , an oil filter cost ten pound at some places but they 're actually only two so if you di divide it by five that 's forty pounds , he says I 'll pay you forty pound , but I 'm not paying you no hundred and forty he said . |
| 13 | You never talk about anything interesting anyway so I 'm not paying you for it . |
| 14 | Not paying it for years and years all the time . |
| 15 | Labour is not presenting itself for slaughter , as it did in 1983 and to a lesser extent in 1987 . |
| 16 | However , if you 've had years of not liking yourself for one reason or another , this can be very difficult . |
| 17 | Do n't worry he 's not getting nothing for Christmas but a card and that 's it Ca n't even come and say hello , so bugger him ! |
| 18 | Not getting me for any extra hours that 's a certain fact |
| 19 | he comes round , and just say no , I 'm not doing nothing for you . |
| 20 | And he says , he says er he says I will not move my car and I do n't get told anything , you know , I 'm not doing nothing for you , you do n't belong in this country and all this stuff |
| 21 | Well , I do but our Karen do n't , so I 'm not doing one for mesen . |
| 22 | ‘ I ‘ m not doing it for the money . |
| 23 | ‘ I 'm not doing it for the money , ’ said the new Bob . |
| 24 | ‘ I 'm not doing it for you , Pierre . |
| 25 | I 'm not doing it for monetary reward or because I 'm asked to ; I 'm doing it because I feel I have to do it . |
| 26 | I mean we 're not doing it for our own good . |
| 27 | I 'm not doing it for monetary reward or because I 'm asked to ; I 'm doing it because I feel I have to do it . |
| 28 | So y I 've got to weigh up whether I 'm actually going to make a profit over four years or whether it 's going to be , but I 'm not doing it for that it 's not so much making a profit as the fact that I can secure the loan for four years and know that I have n't got any extra to , to find , and when you 've retired , if you 've got say seven years on your mortgage and you 're thinking well if mortgage rates go up erm I could get stuffed you know if they doubled again then you could actually fix on that assumption . |
| 29 | You 're not doing it for me , you 're doing it for her . |
| 30 | I mean , he 's not doing it for money ? ’ |