Example sentences of "not [vb pp] he for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hurley had not forgiven him for the loss of Syrian George , and he was still under heavy pressure from Washington to show results , but in general Coleman made sure they got along for the sake of his back-channel reports to MC/10 Control . |
| 2 | ‘ Then since you accept what I say , madam — ’ interposed the cardinal with a sense of timing that suggested the protector had not nominated him for the task solely on account of his venerability ‘ — might I urge you to give the prince into my custody ! ’ |
| 3 | His education had not prepared him for this in any way . |
| 4 | Life had not prepared him for the task , and it soon became clear that he lacked the natural shrewdness and strength of character that a Gdansk plumber was to show the Polish bosses three years later . |
| 5 | Sir Charles , whose practice as a family solicitor in Hertfordshire had not prepared him for this sort of thing , was losing control . |
| 6 | Not seen him for months . |
| 7 | She always forgot , when she had not seen him for some time , how he affected her . |
| 8 | I 've not seen him for twenty years . |
| 9 | She had not seen him for an hour or more , he had been here earlier , had he left in a fit of boredom , was he sulking in |
| 10 | I 'd not seen him for six months . |
| 11 | ‘ I 've not seen him for some time . ’ |
| 12 | She had not seen him for a month . |
| 13 | Police broke in after neighbours had not seen him for several days . |
| 14 | The education process which the 1970s building surveyor had undergone in the fifties and early sixties had not equipped him for a meaningful and identifiable role in the profession of the seventies . |
| 15 | I had not asked him for anything , nor had I expected anything . |