Example sentences of "[verb] n't [verb] for [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He has n't exercised for five years and has no muscle tone left but now he is able to exercise in the gym . |
| 2 | Wolves goal machine , Steve Bull has n't scored for 9 games now . |
| 3 | Letting someone who is hungry and overweight , and who has n't eaten for six hours , loose in a supermarket should be a criminal offence ! |
| 4 | What makes this year so outstanding is that your ruling planet , Pluto , makes a 90-degree angle to Saturn — something that has n't happened for 20 years . |
| 5 | ‘ She has n't worked for seven years , ’ I said |
| 6 | Look at this kid : eighteen years old , three in the morning , has n't slept for two nights . |
| 7 | Or : ‘ Jane Ryle says she has n't slept for three nights . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I did n't think for one minute that he 'd made it there under his own steam , ’ Simone murmured , and André laughed smugly . |
| 9 | He did n't speak for ten minutes when his wife said she was expecting . |
| 10 | After the game we were held for exactly one hour , then herded onto to a train which did n't move for 40 minutes . |
| 11 | The telephone did n't function for two days ; the mattress was uncomfortable , and the hot water was prone to run out . |
| 12 | Jones , 20 , suffered sickness and diarrhoea and did n't eat for five days . |
| 13 | I do n't even know whether she used the flat , or whether she changed her mind and did n't go for one reason or another . ’ |
| 14 | She did n't doubt for one minute that the feeling was mutual . |
| 15 | He did n't work for four months . |
| 16 | did n't understand for two years I mean told the regulator |
| 17 | You do n't think for one minute I 'm going to eat the filth I give to you ? |
| 18 | I 'm going to investigate , see if I ca n't do a conv I do n't think for one minute I will but it 's possible do a conversion er into erm the box type . |
| 19 | I do n't think for one minute that there are teachers who are drunk in charge of children in the classroom . |
| 20 | I do n't suppose for one minute that it is that simple but could you please advise me ? |
| 21 | I do n't suppose for one moment she has given a thought to what life might be like if she had to ‘ make do ’ married to someone who was n't too well off . |
| 22 | I do n't suppose for one moment that man fully understood the import of what he was saying . |
| 23 | I try and believe in important things and they do n't last for five minutes . |
| 24 | What I 'm saying to you is , erm I do n't expect for one minute to have a computer installed in my office , ccessdon'tw alter it to that a particular way , and |
| 25 | I do n't believe for one minute that the majority of your readers are male , nor that the majority of riders are male . |
| 26 | ‘ I do n't believe for one minute I 'd have been the saviour , but I 'd have loved the chance to make a contribution in my country 's hour of need . |
| 27 | Well for most we try and work a Shorthorn for I think that the Shorthorn and the black bull is the true traditional cattle you know maybe and I do n't believe for one minute that the the cattle would be any better if you had a lot of Limousins or something else . |
| 28 | And I do n't believe for one moment that you could have been ignorant of the fact that she was wealthy . |
| 29 | They do n't work for one employer on a regular basis . |
| 30 | He 's bought waders for him and the boy both , and shotguns , and they do n't retail for seventy-five cents in souvenir shops . |