Example sentences of "[modal v] [not/n't] for [adj] " in BNC.

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1 I WOULD just like to assure Raymond Campbell that he should not for one moment think that Glentoran fans will be upset about his move to Linfield .
2 Paul 's position , in short , provides Simon Peter with a viable explanation for why the world has not yet ended , why it may not for another thousand or two thousand years , while at the same time still justifying one 's allegiance .
3 Yes , well , I have had a recent case , erm of within the ward that I visited , so I am aware of having the number of problems in the past , I am aware of the problems , but I could not for personal circumstances do the afternoon that day .
4 For all that , I could not for some days quite bring myself to raise the matter again with Mr Farraday .
5 Could n't for that could you ?
6 Nevertheless , I considered most carefully what might be the most opportune occasion to bring the matter up with him ; for although I would not for one moment , as I say , suspect Mr Farraday of inconsistency , it nevertheless made sense not to broach the topic when he was preoccupied or distracted .
7 However , I would not for one moment deny the continuity and the gradualness of the processes which are changing the earth .
8 On the other hand , he would not for any money have delegated it to anyone else .
9 But he would n't for one good reason — he is not in the same league as our two .
10 But I would n't for one moment suggest to the panel that windfalls and recycling of land should n't continue to take place .
11 You ca n't for real you ca n't really move blue ball you can move the red ball as much as you like but not What you have to do is to so just try a normally conventional just sling straight through here
12 ‘ And if ye will not for all this hearken unto me , but walk contrary unto me , ’ he read out , ‘ then will I walk contrary unto you also in fury ; and I , even I , will chastise you seven times for your sins .
13 Since it presumably means we will not for some time to come be seeing her again stretched horizontal on a sun lounger .
14 Sir , — I can not for one moment imagine that Ian McGeechan will ‘ feel hugely satisfied because his backs are beginning to fulfil some of the potential that they have shown for years ’ ( David Sole , 8 March ) after the disappointment of the 26-12 humiliation by England last Saturday .
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