Example sentences of "not for [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Not for less than a thousand pounds ! ’ cried Lady Durbeyfield . |
| 2 | The field had not been ploughed for at least 80 years ( probably not for more than 150 years ) and there is no record of fertilizer or herbicide ever having been applied . |
| 3 | Not for long though , as Grimsby sliced through Swindon 's defence . |
| 4 | ‘ But not for long and I never came over to the Yamacraw . |
| 5 | But not many , not for long and not any more . " |
| 6 | The warrant officer was speechless , but not for long and he thundered at him as he had on me a few minutes before . |
| 7 | Rhoda had a brother called Tom , a very pleasant young man who also became a preacher , but not for long because , unfortunately , he died young . |
| 8 | Sure the menopause has its misery , but not for ever and not everyone suffers . |
| 9 | What but what what we 're talking about timing here because we wo n't we wo n't er we wo n't for ever and ever you see . |