Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] [pron] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Buying a ticket for last night 's game does NOT guarantee one for the all-Ireland clash in November — unless a formal application was made at the time of purchase to the IFA office . |
| 2 | He pounced on the Scottish selectors for not picking him for the 4 × 100 metres relay team for Edinburgh and , so it said in one of the tabloids , he was now ready to meet Linford Christie . |
| 3 | Certainly Jenny did not see him for the first few evenings she was at Moorlake . |
| 4 | Why is it that those countries can accept basic , decent minimum standards for their people whereas this Government will not accept them for the British people ? |
| 5 | ‘ To be honest , I could n't even say when I 'm going to be back but I 've got to realistically think I wo n't make it for the European Cup . ’ |
| 6 | Batty could n't make it for the second half against Villa after a recurrence of a calf injury he received against Wimbledon last Saturday . |
| 7 | ‘ I shall get into something comfortable , ’ she said , ‘ and then I sha n't want anything for the whole afternoon . ’ |
| 8 | All you have ever read about the delights of fast-jet aerobatics still ca n't prepare you for the utter , mind-blowing super-smooth , almost silent exhilaration of the real thing ! |
| 9 | Like if I interviewed Johnny Thunders , it was n't to meet him for the first time , it was to try to save his career . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Women say to me they have n't done anything for the last ten years and it turns out they have had four children , run the PTA , served as parent governor , done charity work , organised a community activity and cared for aged parents . ’ |
| 11 | But we have n't done it for the past eighteen months . |
| 12 | It has n't prepared me for the outside world ; all it 's done is given me an awareness of myself . |
| 13 | ‘ You 've had everything and everyone your way from much too young , and it has n't prepared you for the big , wide world . |
| 14 | I think one of the problems is , that a lot of shoppers do n't realize that they 're entering into a contract and we do n't realize it for the simple reason that most people have , as soon as you hear the word contract you have a mental image of a legal document that you sign , do n't you ? |
| 15 | Erm then you know that would be something whereas if they say well the recession 's so bad we have n't taken anybody for the last five years and your researches ca n't unearth anybody who seems to be prepared to er give you even half a chance then I mean |
| 16 | I 'm not complaining about it , but I say I did n't raise it for the first time |
| 17 | We 've got out back , it 's all sheltered , next door 's got more for years to put them down the front , my wife wo n't let me for the same reason she says if you blind yourself then any bugger can come in . |
| 18 | The process did n't perturb him for the simple reason that it did n't repel Willie . |