Example sentences of "and [not/n't] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'm playing for the fun I can get out of it for myself , and not for them , ’ said the five-times Wimbledon champion after a 7–5 , 6–2 defeat by Frenchman Olivier Delaitre in the Nice Open yesterday in his first relevant match of this year 's comeback . |
| 2 | If Waugh and Orwell did not exactly despise the complexities of Modernism , Joyce-style or Eliot-style , at least they recognised , and early , that such complexities were not for their times and not for them . |
| 3 | Both officials and politicians saw the system as an unwanted intrusion and not for them ( see Heclo and Wildavsky , 1981 ; Gray and Jenkins , 1985 ) . |
| 4 | Whatever you 've done you 've done for science and not for me personally , whether you see it that way or not . |
| 5 | I I I 've already said that I do n't accept that er the French are unlikely to ratify er I think rather the contrary but that remains finally for them er and not for me . |
| 6 | That was routine stuff and not for him . |
| 7 | It may be suggested that he may simply qualify somewhat and say that it is wrong for others to tell such lies and not for him , and that there is no purely logical inconsistency here . |
| 8 | ‘ He 's just jealous because each time the telephone rings it 's for me and not for him . |
| 9 | What could be more sensible than the suggestion that the best way of evaluating a thing for its very own self , and not for its effects or its contribution to the value of larger wholes , is to consider what value it would possess if it existed in complete isolation ? |
| 10 | a duty of confidentiality — each particular arm of a conglomerate is under a duty to retain confidential information obtained from a corporate client , known as the beneficiary , and to use that information for the benefit of the client and not for its own or some other person 's benefit . |
| 11 | The Formalists evaluate literary form for its perceptibility and not for its mimetic capacity . |
| 12 | Italians think of the state system much as Britons used to regard ‘ Auntie ’ and not for nothing is it known as ‘ Mamma RAI ’ . |
| 13 | Learn to look for what is positive in others and not for what is negative . |
| 14 | And not for you , Billie . ’ |
| 15 | What you do n't seem to know is that I 'm working for Query and not for you . |
| 16 | But that is for the Mamur Zapt and not for you . |
| 17 | Our early encounters with power may have deterred us from ever wanting to use it in a similar way ; having suffered from a cold , distant father or a smothering mother , and inevitably having attributed power to these parents , we may well decide that power is a negative force and not for us . |
| 18 | but , when it comes to taking other drugs , for a thrill , yes you could do without them , and one of the ways you can do that is by taking time out for yourself , whether you 're a single parent or if you 're a you know , if you 're a family , the important thing is finding time for yourself and not for your family or your dependants . |
| 19 | ‘ These are definitely not short-term investments and not for anyone who panics every time there is a blip in the stock market , ’ says Amanda . |
| 20 | Although the discussion of this process is beyond the scope of this book we must not forget that the whole outline of history is sketched in The German Ideology for two purposes and not for itself . |
| 21 | It is for his Bible and not for his controversial books that Tyndale is commemorated . |
| 22 | Henry II , moreover , had performed homage while King and although it was homage for his continental possessions and not for his kingdom , this was a step to which none of his predecessors as Kings of England had ever steeled themselves . |
| 23 | Thus a car dealer does not obtain the protection and that is so even if he is buying the vehicle for his own private purposes and not for his business purposes , Stevenson v. Beverley Bentinck ( 1976 C.A. ) . |
| 24 | ‘ I want him to reach the stage where he will be talked about for his golf and not for his petulance — we 've had enough . |
| 25 | As this is a soliloquy , it reflects Brutus 's true thoughts , which are all for the general good of Rome , and not for his own ends . |