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

  Next page
No Sentence
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 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 .
3 However , I would not for one moment deny the continuity and the gradualness of the processes which are changing the earth .
4 On the other hand , he would not for any money have delegated it to anyone else .
5 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 .
6 Since it presumably means we will not for some time to come be seeing her again stretched horizontal on a sun lounger .
7 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 .
  Next page