Example sentences of "n't [verb] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She lost him then and had to search and found him eventually curled up amid the wiring in the back of the record-player where he had n't hidden for a long time , not since two dark-haired people who were into black magic had come to dinner and he had disappeared for half a day until she found his secret hole . |
| 2 | Very busy I have n't stopped for a second . |
| 3 | This is n't intended for the profound jottings which occur in the back of the van after a gig ( to be auctioned at Sotherby 's when you are dead ! ) . |
| 4 | He said : ‘ I wo n't stay for a shower , I 'll go for a swim instead . ’ |
| 5 | You know , I ca n't stay for a week in silence . |
| 6 | ‘ You did n't stay for the , safe opening this morning , then ? ’ |
| 7 | She would need to buy something for Terry — even if she did n't stay for the wedding . |
| 8 | So you did n't stay for the evening ? |
| 9 | ‘ No , we wo n't stay for the party , ’ Guido was saying , as Ronni fought to shake the feeling from her . |
| 10 | ‘ In Swansea , I heard a chant I had n't heard for a while : ‘ Who beat the Wallabies ? ’ |
| 11 | right , I mean I 'm not quite sure how Coslow will go about things , I mean the reason we wanted someone from Coslow is cos we wanted someone from the Federation of Scottish Theatre cos we had n't heard for a while |
| 12 | Landing with obstructions on the upwind side is particularly dangerous and is just the sort of error people tend to make when they have n't flown for a while . |
| 13 | And , therefore , the argument is of people whose backs are pinned to the wall before they 're questioned as it were , and that does n't make for a sober and calm discussion , especially as there is some doubt , I suspect , in the mind of ministers , but certainly in the mind of many people in the Conservative Party , about whether these great absolutes , this wall against which ministers and departments are nailed , really need exist in quite the form it 's being constructed or whether the whole issue could n't be handled in a rather more sensitive and relaxed way . |
| 14 | In an era of fast food , subsistence incomes do n't make for a culinary culture . |
| 15 | He says : ‘ Small budgets , apologetic councils strapped for cash , and a complex social and sometimes ethnic mix of young customers and their parents do n't make for an easy life . ’ |
| 16 | It certainly does n't make for an ideal working relationship , does it ? ’ |
| 17 | ‘ What I really do n't want for the Kirov Orchestra is just a brilliant but mechanical , if precise , kind of playing . |
| 18 | I have n't arranged for a secondary . |
| 19 | But he was badly informed again and had n't calculated for the Americans . |
| 20 | But do n't think for a moment that I 'm duped by my own little lies . ’ |
| 21 | I 'd love to help her , and I know every one of us would ; but I do n't think for a moment that Miss Miggs would let us pay her fare , even if we could raise so much money . ’ |
| 22 | Do n't think for a minute I 'm jealous . |
| 23 | It 's a frustrating affair though — do n't think for a second that you can breeze through this game ; think yourself lucky if you get past the first few levels ! |
| 24 | Naturally I did n't think for a minute that my life and spirit could stimulate her . |
| 25 | I do n't think for a minute that I can work them out in movies . |
| 26 | And I do n't think for a moment that I 'm alone in feeling this way . |
| 27 | Do n't think for a moment that the women are all on the creative side of the business . |
| 28 | I do n't think for a minute we 'll have to . ’ |
| 29 | I did n't think for a minute that if we ever met again you would so bitterly slap it back in my face with no regard for my feelings . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ When I got back and found your note I did n't think for a minute that it was because you thought I was the father of the child . |