Example sentences of "[verb] not for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For all its relevance and cleverness , you ca n't get around the fact that this book was written not for a generation but for a media eager to snap up fresh-tasting morsels . |
| 2 | He did not for a while want to look at his own face . |
| 3 | It was here that the performance abandoned all semblance of script , but was nonetheless skilfully held together by the actors , who guided without being intrusive and did not for a moment step out of their roles . |
| 4 | If the term subjection be used in its extreme sense I do not for a moment believe that any such solution exists . |
| 5 | His alternative is what he calls an ‘ appreciative ’ stance : ‘ These appreciative sentiments are easily summarized : we do not for a moment wish that we could rid ourselves of deviant phenomena . |
| 6 | Clive Barnes — later to become one of the ‘ Butchers of Broadway ’ , as critic for the New York Times wrote : ‘ Although One Over The Eight is described as a ‘ new revue ’ do not for a moment be fooled . |
| 7 | ‘ I do not for a moment doubt the right and duty of the media to comment on sentences and criticise judges . |
| 8 | There were , of course , the inevitable forms to fill in and letters of condolence to answer , but I realized that I had not for a moment , since before the previous Christmas , given a thought to the prospect of life for one . |
| 9 | Though before she could get in with a quick plea for an interview , Vendelin Gajdusek revealed that he had not for a moment forgotten the way in which the Dobermann had attached himself to her ankle , by decreeing , ‘ You 'd better come into the house and have some antiseptic put on that wound . ’ |
| 10 | Certainly there would have been no satisfaction in such behaviour if the would-be escaper had not for a time at any rate believed in himself |
| 11 | There are ninety nine pupils , the total staff is one hundred , of course that does not for a moment mean that er , there is one member of staff attendant on each pupil at all times , and I do n't for a moment suggest that . |
| 12 | ‘ I have not for a moment suggested that children should be removed from the care of their parents . |