Example sentences of "not [verb] it for " in BNC.

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1 When he said he was moving to Loxford to start another life before it was too late , she thought of abandoning him but she did not think it for long .
2 not using it for some
3 If it were not human you would not want it for research and if it was not human no one would deny you having it for research . ’
4 That may be the competitive advantage that the hon. Gentleman wants for his constituents , but I do not want it for mine .
5 Why not consider it for your top people now ?
6 Because the infant is unwanted by one or two people at one point in time does not qualify it for extermination .
7 ‘ I did not bring it for that purpose , ’ said Andrus hoarsely .
8 If the court adjourns the hearing of an application in accordance with regulation 143 but does not refer it for inquiry and report , then — ( a ) within 21 days of the adjournment , the unassisted party shall file an affidavit of costs and resources together with original exhibits and any other documents necessary to support the affidavit ; and ( b ) not less than 21 days before the adjourned hearing , the unassisted party shall serve notice on the area director of the date and time of the adjourned hearing together with a copy of his affidavit of costs and resources ( and of any exhibits and supporting documents ) .
9 ‘ I am not saving it for the Tour de France .
10 ‘ I 'm glad to hear that , ’ Claudia said , not believing it for one moment .
11 We do not do it for any other aspect of our social existence .
12 We should not do it for our sex .
13 We can not do it for ourselves , it is gift and grace — God acting on and in us to create a new willingness to see with his eyes , think with his mind , adopt his values and attitudes ( 1 Cor.
14 As I say when you become a councillor you do not do it for money , I mean I think probably to be a better reason to become a councillor these days .
15 It affects your job , your job prospects , your family life and the hidden costs , such as letters , telephone calls leaflets and the rest of it , you do not do it for money .
16 If they have not seen it for themselves then it can not be true .
17 Naidoo reiterated that the NSC was expecting Sacu to come to a decision and could not ease it for them by offering guarantees of future tours .
18 We know vaguely what she means , but we do not feel it for ourselves .
19 I unlocked the passenger door of the Transit for them but I thought it best not to open it for them or offer them a hand up and in .
20 ‘ She 's just noticed she 's not had it for a week or so . ’
21 Not paying it for years and years all the time .
22 This , at least , is some suggestion of a backbone , but the larva does not keep it for very long .
23 If a woman found a style she liked , why should she not keep it for ever , as long as it was practical and comfortable ?
24 Daft as it seems , we could have won it because the kick was produced too quick for Paul Simpson and we hit the ball later on , Mark Stein 's a little back header , very unlucky not to win it for us .
25 The Queen Alien was built in two versions , a full-size mechanical one also using two stuntmen inside , and a quarter-sized puppet , operated mechanically , since Cameron , who had accepted stop-motion for the Terminator 's final stage , did not like it for an organic creature .
26 I find it in the unlikeliest places , many of which had not sold it for at least 25 years .
27 We work all year round but ca n't work on the uplands during the winter months — we might not see it for six to eight weeks .
28 What was found tomorrow , though they did not see it for newspapers were beyond their means , was a further notice from Robert Asshe to the effect that he would not be responsible for his daughter 's debts .
29 ( I remember it well for the sun shortly afterwards disappeared and we did not see it for weeks . )
30 The hair on his face was untrimmed , and his nose had spread with drinking , but the weather-hard skin was not the skin of a drunkard , and if the hair on his temples was thinning , you could not see it for the leather fillet he wore .
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