Example sentences of "not [verb] they 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 | This suggests that something is amiss with the job definition and , by implication , also with education and training which does not prepare them for the reality . |
| 3 | His mother had not joined them for the meal , bowing in this regard to the T'ang 's wishes . |
| 4 | ‘ They grudgingly agreed , but they are not producing them for general sale . |
| 5 | If charges are intended to raise money , it seems odd not to impose them for staying in hospital or visiting a GP . |
| 6 | Paint and varnish slow down moisture changes in wood but they do not prevent them for no paint is impermeable to water vapour . |
| 7 | Your father , and Elizabeth and the others , are very worried about you , because you have not visited them for a long time . |
| 8 | it 's like the , cos I keep saying if you must do those F's you do it at school I said , but do not do them for me , I said if you do I do not want to see them , but again you 've got a conflict there between home and school |
| 9 | I had not seen them for over two years . |
| 10 | I had not seen them for some time . |
| 11 | Then , although I did not believe them for a moment , I stored them away in my memory against a rainy day . |
| 12 | We do not remember them for all the facts which they rammed into our heads , nor for praise or punishment , but for the way that they seemed to recognize our inner selves , and spoke to our essence . |
| 13 | However , to the extent that our assumptions for thinking about them remain within the framework which derives from Weberian thought , we may well not recognize them for what they may be . |
| 14 | He can not produce them for Wales , why is that ? |
| 15 | I have a pretty good idea what Charlotte 's just-a-handful of also ran last-among-equals might be , although the press release does not name them for fear of diminishing the glory of Verbier 's triumph . |
| 16 | Several hon. Members who spoke after the opening speakers — I shall not name them for fear of causing inter-party embarrassment — said that it was an urgent matter , and I applaud them . |
| 17 | I would not recommend them for submersed cultivation and I do not believe that a reputable aquarium dealer would sell you those plants as aquarium plants . |
| 18 | In a sense one can not blame them for that , but we in the SSPCA feel that it would be much better if some of those payments from the Government came in the form of food tokens which could be redeemed when farmers purchased feeding stocks . ’ |
| 19 | It has been known for caterers to come in at 8am , turn all the ovens on and not use them for three hours . ’ |
| 20 | This small disturbance did not deflect them for long . |
| 21 | I do not criticise them for getting it wrong in the first place . |
| 22 | There is nothing more annoying to a journalist who is working on a story than to be told that the PRO will ring back with the relevant numbers and then not to get them for another two or three days . |
| 23 | He gained his school colours for rugger and was unlucky not to get them for the Field Game and the Wall Game — another game confined to Eton . |
| 24 | We want Annabelle and Steven to enjoy the things we never had , not to take them for granted , but to appreciate how lucky they are to be able to celebrate like this surrounded by their families and friends . |
| 25 | She joined the Garter knights for a reception and lunch before the ceremony before deciding not to join them for the service at St George 's Chapel . |
| 26 | It is not worth our while because we can not redeem them for as much as they would get for five- or 10-dollar bills . ’ |
| 27 | Of course , policmen never think of paying for what they buy and we do not ask them for money . |
| 28 | Why is it that those countries can accept basic , decent minimum standards for their people whereas this Government will not accept them for the British people ? |
| 29 | Apart from anything else , I ca n't help feeling that if women let men get away with too much bad behaviour , men do not forgive them for the burden of guilt they then have to bear . |
| 30 | 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 |