Example sentences of "not [verb] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As already stated , the defendant 's real defence was one of accident , but that did not dispense with the need for the judge to leave the issue of provocation to the jury if there was any evidence to justify that course ; and the defendant contended that the judge was wrong to have directed the jury that provocation did not arise for their consideration . |
| 2 | On 5 August 1991 , the Foreign and Commonwealth Office wrote to Crossman Block confirming that the practice of Her Majesty 's Government was to recognise states not governments and that , accordingly , ‘ The question of whether to recognise the purported ‘ interim government ’ in Mogadishu thus does not arise for us . ’ |
| 3 | a sentence is not autonomous , it does not exist for its own sake but as part of a situation and part of a text . |
| 4 | Time did not exist for him now , as long as any challenged him . |
| 5 | Ruskin argued that art must not exist for itself , but for its subject , nature — ‘ All Great Art is Praise ’ — and to express and enhance society , so that a worthless society could produce only worthless art , and vice versa . |
| 6 | As every drive lacks intelligence , the viewpoint of ‘ utility ’ can not exist for it . |
| 7 | Ruling groups have found that their interests are best safeguarded if they are supported by a work force which can not think for itself in the coherent way writing affords . |
| 8 | Around 600,000 members of the former building society have still not registered for their entitlement of free shares . |
| 9 | We focused on enquirers to courses in science , mathematics and engineering and on those who had completed an application for a course but who for one reason or another had not enrolled for it . |
| 10 | Readiness to improvise and make use of scraps saves money that can be better spent on things you can not make for yourself . |
| 11 | Do not make for it but bear half right aiming just to right of nearest bushes . |
| 12 | It does not make for your typical comic fare . |
| 13 | A large woman who is not apologising for her size is certainly not a figure to invite the dominant meanings which our culture attaches to femininity . |
| 14 | You are not to fall for him , and that 's an order ! ’ |
| 15 | I promise not to fall for your boss , Victoria , OK ? |
| 16 | I said I would be delighted to join them if I could wake up in time ( which I doubted ) , I said not to wait for me , and they promised they would n't . |
| 17 | It was here ; he had not to wait for it , and he was glad . |
| 18 | She could not answer for them . |
| 19 | I can not answer for them . ’ |
| 20 | in this private in this country does n't mean that you 've got to pay for it , it does mean that you 've got to pay for yourself , but its not like obligatory , so you might as well get the money you can , if you that , at that , at that standard are n't , had n't you really ? , if you can get that money , you 'd be thick not to go for it |
| 21 | In part this is due to a desire to avoid a rigidly causal account which will straitjacket capitalist societies into a single position , not allowing for their diversity and variation . |
| 22 | Plasmids do not construct for themselves special protein coats to enable them to survive outside their host cells , but can be transmitted from one bacterial cell to another if those cells come into contact . |
| 23 | The yield on junk bonds did not compensate for their risks , for two related reasons . |
| 24 | Nancy has not arranged for us to be brought a drink . |
| 25 | The use of visual aids can be helpful to your talk but they are an aid and should not substitute for what you intend to say . |
| 26 | Our support can only be effective to the extent that these universals obtain ; it certainly can not substitute for them . |
| 27 | At ‘ 13 or 14 ’ he realized that ‘ most black kids are not respected for their knowledge or their brains . ’ |
| 28 | The look she flicked him reminded him that this was one area where she would not appeal for his help ; she had been more than careful to protect him from any involvement with a drug-taking brother . |
| 29 | The other three have not come for his sake . |
| 30 | ‘ Nay , you 've not come for my sake — that 's clear . |