Example sentences of "n't [vb infin] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It may land you in something you did n't bargain for . |
| 2 | Do n't rush for your dictionary , even Chambers ' 20th Century does n't contain them all , so I will briefly explain them here . |
| 3 | She is never left on her own as my mother stays at home when I go out , but she just waits on my bed and wo n't eat for food until I come back . |
| 4 | Jones , 20 , suffered sickness and diarrhoea and did n't eat for five days . |
| 5 | He usually brings food and stuff , but he do n't stay for long . |
| 6 | Listen , I ca n't stay for long , but I 've twisted Dmitri 's arm and he can find you a couple of tickets for Hedda ! |
| 7 | I could n't stay for one day . ’ |
| 8 | He said : ‘ I wo n't stay for a shower , I 'll go for a swim instead . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ You did n't stay for the , safe opening this morning , then ? ’ |
| 10 | But she was in such a hurry that she just could n't stay for long enough to help me with breastfeeding Stephen . |
| 11 | ‘ For the coach wo n't stay for you , and I do n't want you begging back here , that I do n't ! ’ |
| 12 | She would need to buy something for Terry — even if she did n't stay for the wedding . |
| 13 | ‘ You 're sure you wo n't stay for tea ? ’ |
| 14 | Tel and I did n't stay for tea . |
| 15 | He did n't stay for Ken 's thanks . |
| 16 | So you did n't stay for the evening ? |
| 17 | ‘ No , we wo n't stay for the party , ’ Guido was saying , as Ronni fought to shake the feeling from her . |
| 18 | You know , I ca n't stay for a week in silence . |
| 19 | Those sort of jobs just do n't exist for people like you and me . |
| 20 | He did n't exist for her . |
| 21 | I felt as if I did n't exist for you . ’ |
| 22 | He continued : ‘ class does n't exist for me ’ . |
| 23 | Conventions did n't exist for her . |
| 24 | ‘ I do n't design for Sarah Chester 's , ’ she retorted calmly , slipping the pages into a folder and closing it decisively . |
| 25 | 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 . ’ |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Of course , only the bad stories are told ; obviously , the good ones do n't make for good copy . |
| 28 | In an era of fast food , subsistence incomes do n't make for a culinary culture . |
| 29 | Here was an example of an AE who was perfectly " revved " up This is why he was never sacked , even though his bullishness did n't make for enough sales . |
| 30 | This is in line with the editorial style of the magazines , and with design fashions , but it certainly does n't make for easy reading . |