Example sentences of "n't [verb] [adv] for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | erm , because you do n't stay back for a drink afterwards because you 're going to Strawberry Hill . |
| 2 | ‘ Well , it wo n't hurt there for a bit till I can get down , ’ murmured Peggy , and struggled up higher and on to the topmost branches . |
| 3 | ‘ Should n't think so for a minute , knowing him . ’ |
| 4 | I should n't think so for a minute darling . |
| 5 | ‘ I should n't think so for a moment , ’ said Rufus , whose speech grew more precise when he was drunk . |
| 6 | ‘ I should n't think so for a moment . ’ |
| 7 | And I suspect that if we offered them counselling from cater good catering advice on how to maximise their market return they 'll do it because I would n't hang about for a meal if I knew that they would n't give you a meal in fifteen minutes , I 'd go and eat somewhere else . |
| 8 | ‘ I have n't come here for a history lesson , ’ said the Doctor . |
| 9 | I think she should have played a Tour Event before an exhibition event , but then again it would n't be the first time she has n't turned up for a Tour Event would it ? |
| 10 | ‘ They did n't call round for a chat , for Christ 's sake . |
| 11 | Going back to your earlier point , the , the press do need to have a contact , and it 's very important that the contact is contactable and that , that they have n't gone away for a holiday during the two weeks in which the the thing is an issue . |
| 12 | who were the religious police who were actually watching , so we have n't gone back for a while |
| 13 | We could n't go home for a month . |
| 14 | Erm , then the erm , the insistence of the driver 's conductors was they did n't like the long periods of duty they erm , they wanted the new set up so I introduced what we call straight duties , narrowed the relief portion , so they did n't go home for a meal , they had about a half an hour off , so they were able to get their eight hour duty done in a shorter period and they 'd probably finish about two instead of half past three , four o'clock . |
| 15 | You know he does n't go in for a lot of heavy discussion about things . ’ |
| 16 | I said to Dinda well there 's no reason why you should n't go out for a drink with him or |
| 17 | ‘ I did n't go there for a rest , you silly blighter , ’ said Chatterton affectionately . |
| 18 | ‘ Mr Nicholson , we did n't come here for a battle , ’ said Clinton . |
| 19 | ‘ I did n't come here for a pen portrait . |
| 20 | Diane locked herself in her bedroom and would n't come down for a day because she was afraid of her father 's anger . |
| 21 | He give me them , I took them for three days , right , I did n't come down for a fortnight and Russell 'll tell you that , I was high as a kite . |
| 22 | ‘ I 'm sure she was n't taken in for a moment about — about me . ’ |
| 23 | The boy 's father , Gavin Lodge , said : If I could get hold of these idiots they would n't sit down for a week . ’ |
| 24 | I 'd have roasted Matilda 's bottom for her so she could n't sit down for a month ! ’ |
| 25 | You did n't turn up for a meeting two weeks ago . ’ |
| 26 | The old man did n't turn up for a week , and then two weeks and then three weeks and everybody was fairly in despair . |