Example sentences of "[noun] be not for [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This lady 's not for shouting down . ’ |
| 2 | The Lady 's Not For Burning by Christopher Fry was to be directed by John Gielgud at the Globe in May 1949 and Richard auditioned for the ‘ orphaned clerk ’ . |
| 3 | He was shaking with nerves when he did the most critical audition of his career — for John Gielgud and The Lady 's Not For Burning — and yet he forced himself through it . |
| 4 | He had been across to New York with The Lady 's Not For Burning , just before the Stratford season . |
| 5 | At the 1 980 Tory Party Conference she pronounced stubbornly that ‘ the lady 's not for turning ’ . |
| 6 | Statements such as ‘ The Lady 's not for turning ’ and ‘ Are we going to go back ? |
| 7 | The lady 's not for returning |
| 8 | His group are not for listening , they 're for telling people . |
| 9 | Then they beat him with the pipes once again , but when they realized that he had managed to keep his secrets from them , that this small Englishman was not for talking , they turned on him in their fury and kicked and beat him until they feared they had killed him . |
| 10 | She stood over a great , three-legged cooking pot , but the stew she was pounding with a pole was not for eating : it was the monthly wash . |
| 11 | Customs have set new guidelines and anyone bringing in more will be asked to confirm that their goods are not for reselling . |