Example sentences of "not [vb pp] [adv prt] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The show was over , and Sweetheart had not come back for him . |
| 2 | PORTSMOUTH striker Guy Whittingham took his tally for the season to 27 and then said : ‘ I do n't know why bigger clubs have not come in for me . ’ |
| 3 | What I might actually do it see if Ian 's not doing anything if he not come in for the full time that they 're cleaning up , but come in for those sort of things . |
| 4 | Not expected back for quite a while yet , I suppose ? |
| 5 | The situation was desperate : Holmes was away on a case , and not expected back for some time . |
| 6 | So no voter who gave Craig a second preference could be sure that it would actually be registered , for his paper could be one of the 3,813 — 1,476 = 2,337 that were not picked out for transfer . |
| 7 | Their lands , which had been seized by the crown in 1308 , by papal decree should have been transferred in 1312 to the Order of the Hospitallers , but in England this transfer was not carried out for some years , during which the king continued to profit from the estates . |
| 8 | Mr. Maton had worked for many years as a solicitor 's clerk , he had not turned up for work that day , the young man sent to check the reason had found Mr. Maton dead in the kitchen , the small loaf collected on his way home from work the previous evening still in its wrapping on the table . |
| 9 | He has not turned up for the past two meetings of the Supreme National Council , which he chairs and which is supposed to govern Cambodia , in conjunction with the UN , in the period up to the election . |
| 10 | Emily Lightbody had not turned up for work since the preceding Friday , a rare occurrence in all her thirty years of service . |
| 11 | Mrs Allen 's body was found at her Harberton Park home on Tuesday morning after a senior officer at the Maze informed Banbridge police that she had not turned up for work . |
| 12 | He has not turned out for the village team since . |
| 13 | He has not turned out for the village team since . |
| 14 | Generally speaking , the amount of sleep lost is not made up for entirely on the recovery nights . |
| 15 | Both cars are supported in proper metal slings , and while a safety gear is provided under each , this is not connected up for operation owing to the small size of the model . |
| 16 | If we have not got through for what we need to er examine then the proposition is that we should reconvene at five thirty this evening . |
| 17 | A problem arises with sample offers if you are not geared up for individual direct mail dispatch . |
| 18 | If Gazza is back in the Lazio team then he has potentially two more fixtures before England 's game against Norway and that provides us with an opportunity to take a look at him in competitive football , something he has not played in for nearly two years . ’ |
| 19 | But real life , both human life and plant and animal life , is not set up for the benefit of spectators . |
| 20 | For example , there was no real requirement to handle Training or Sickness and Absenteeism recording ( although it was not ruled out for the future ) . |
| 21 | The opening fourteen chapters of Scale 1 provide a context of definitions for Hilton 's particular address to a recluse asking advice on the contemplative life which , in the first chapter , he acknowledges to be a demanding process : Although in defining active and contemplative life Hilton makes it clear that contemplative life belongs especially he , characteristically , makes it clear that it is not ruled out for actives . |
| 22 | I 'm just not cut out for this . |
| 23 | A public school was more alien to his nature than his father realized : this son was not cut out for a smooth ascent of the ladder of preferment . |
| 24 | Columbus was not cut out for this sort of work . |
| 25 | You know , I suspect I 'm not cut out for brothels . |
| 26 | Have you decided you 're not cut out for a permanent relationship ? |
| 27 | All your enthusiasm vanishes ; not only have you not been able to ‘ do ’ it , but you are now convinced you are not cut out for mathematics teaching at all and none of your pupils could produce anything like that . |
| 28 | She was not cut out for subterfuge . |
| 29 | Jamie simply was not cut out for it . |
| 30 | GROWING up on a tobacco farm was enough to convince Cheryl Boston that she was not cut out for the agricultural life . |