Example sentences of "[vb mod] n't be for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But that should n't be for a while , they 're not calling the twenties up yet … |
| 2 | It could n't be for my uncle 's charms , or could it ? |
| 3 | He returned shortly telling me to hang on , it would n't be for long ; and the shock had made him breathless too , I noticed . |
| 4 | ‘ But it would n't be for ever : just for a while , perhaps , and morgen wird die Sonne wieder scheinen . ’ |
| 5 | There certainly would n't be for me . |
| 6 | Though given the number of escalators actually working it probably would n't be for long . |
| 7 | It would n't be for — ’ |
| 8 | Sissinghurst is a nice garden and it 's got some lovely plants in it , but it would n't be for me , I 'd find it too claustrophobic . |
| 9 | But er I mean er she , she was in a perfect position to do it , I mean she 'd been retired a long time , she was in good health and obviously an annuity would be perfect for her er where it would n't be for a younger person , so I mean life annuities not got . |
| 10 | ‘ From a football point of view I would n't be for it [ the transfer ] . |
| 11 | I said to the chef , ‘ That would n't be for me , would it ? ’ . |
| 12 | Well it would n't be for you would it ? |
| 13 | You ca n't be for the audition , said Malcolm . |
| 14 | We are to have larger leagues next season and in the long run that ca n't be for the good of the game in Wales . |
| 15 | It ca n't be for the money . |
| 16 | Postman , I have a Christmas parcel but the name on it is obliterated ca n't be for me then , my name 's Jones . |
| 17 | No it ca n't be for something not very loud and that 's all gone , shit , I 've fucking it ! |
| 18 | ‘ But it wo n't be for the reason you think . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ It probably wo n't be for long , though , ’ he said . |
| 20 | It wo n't be for long . |
| 21 | It wo n't be for long . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ It wo n't be for long , love . |
| 23 | And it wo n't be for a while . |
| 24 | ‘ I 'm glad you are coming with me to Chapel Street , Letty , I know it 's only lodgings but it 's clean and respectable and it wo n't be for long , I promise you . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ It wo n't be for ever . ’ |
| 26 | Menlo Park , California-based Cisco Systems Inc wo n't be for too much longer : it has signed a lease agreement for a 46-acre site in northern San Jose , to which it will eventually move its headquarters . |
| 27 | ‘ You think it 's going to be so marvellous having men buzzing round you , but it wo n't be for long , and then what 'll you have when it stops ? ’ |
| 28 | It wo n't be for long . |
| 29 | " As you say , it wo n't be for long . " |
| 30 | I 've told her I 'll see her at the funeral , though I suppose it wo n't be for a while . |