Example sentences of "not [vb infin] for [indef pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am even going to give you some , which I should not do for someone who knows nothing about wine . ’ |
| 2 | Almost whatever her personal qualities , she can not hope for anything other than the most menial of work . |
| 3 | ‘ After I left here I missed you every day , every hour , every second , ’ Sarella told him passionately , ‘ I dared not hope for anything — it was as if you were lost forever . ’ |
| 4 | In Michael 's mind it was tantamount to mutiny and he would not stand for anyone disagreeing with him . |
| 5 | Never , say the sceptics : the man does not stand for anything . |
| 6 | She was quick to tell the world that Britain would not stand for anything which undermined the role of the queen , ‘ our beloved monarch ’ , or of our 700-year-old parliament . |
| 7 | Kate would not stand for anything like that , she was too straight . |
| 8 | So Lucie would not pray for one . |
| 9 | There is a generally accepted view that people ‘ going under ’ anaesthetic do display extremes of behaviour — but here it was viewed automatically as sexual , as if the expectations of the doctors did not allow for anything else . |
| 10 | The statement said that Simranjit Singh Mann , the Akali Dal leader who had held talks with Shekhar in December , had no right to speak on their behalf and that they " would not settle for anything less than a separate state " . |
| 11 | That group over there , ’ he nodded in the direction of the Springall mansion , ‘ do not mourn for anyone . |
| 12 | As Mr Howe said : ‘ People say you make your own luck but you can not legislate for something like that . ’ |
| 13 | And she was promising nothing to him , either ; he knew that was what she meant , but he did not ask for anything . |
| 14 | Part of the reasons for their failures are related to managerial and organizational considerations but these can not account for everything . |
| 15 | Meanwhile , we give notice that we mean to bring the individual actors back from the wings later , because we believe that states and systems do not account for everything important in international relations . |
| 16 | But the trouble is that they do not account for anything like all the shares of most firms . |
| 17 | I mean he does n't want for nothing , he gets as much as I can give him . |
| 18 | I tell you what a lot of it is erm if , if they 're gon na get married , people wo n't want for anything . |
| 19 | ‘ It 's a question that you ca n't answer for somebody else , you know . |
| 20 | ‘ I ca n't answer for anyone but Cora-Beth , ’ Harry said . |
| 21 | Dot knew that Mrs Parvis could n't care less what Mr Brown thought because Mr Brown did n't count for anything , because poor Mr Brown had never been in uniform . |
| 22 | ‘ I suppose because I 'm a servant , I suppose because I 'm not married , me and my baby do n't count for anything ? |
| 23 | No I think she would n't fall for anything . |
| 24 | I ca n't wait for something to happen . ’ |
| 25 | so the solicitor has to be er , he acts for you , he does n't act for anybody else |
| 26 | I ca n't speak for everyone , but whenever I find myself eating in a pub it 's usually because raging hunger has overcome the judgement of discriminating palate . |
| 27 | — On the other hand , I suppose Mark ca n't speak for everyone without our permission . |
| 28 | Well not in our department anyway , I do n't know , I ca n't speak for anybody else . |
| 29 | ‘ It does n't do for someone like him to be away from the reins for too long . |
| 30 | And Prozac did the trick for me , erm it wo n't work for everybody , it 's not a happiness pill , it just restores you to some sort of normality . |