Example sentences of "[not/n't] [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | And if we did spent twelve hundred pounds on an aeroplane and came back with fifty million pounds worth of grants , I 'm not apologising for that . |
| 3 | Oliver wondered why Angelina was not clamouring for a new vote in order to support her fiancé and decided that this was some further infamous plan on her part . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'll be very disappointed if I 'm not competing for a place in the first one-day international on January 16 . |
| 5 | One type of authoritarian rule had been followed by another , not allowing for that kind of unsettling liberalization which is so conducive to uprisings among minorities . |
| 6 | MESSAGE BEGINS STOP BIRD IN HAND STOP AVIARY CONFIRMS SPECIMEN IDEAL BUT WILL REQUIRE SOME WEEKS FOR TRAINING PRIOR TO MIGRATION STOP SUGGEST YOU BEGIN FEATHERING NEST IN SUITABLE HABITAT TO FACILITATE LAYING OF EGG STOP SPECIES OBSERVED TO LIMIT MIGRATORY FLIGHTS TO 2000 MILES WITHOUT REST FOR FEEDING STOP THIS FIGURE NOT ALLOWING FOR ATTACKS FROM PREDATORS SO MUST BE CONSIDERED ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM STOP PLEASE ADVISE SOONEST STOP MESSAGE ENDS STOP WED 0900 GMT |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Noticing that her hands are shaking and knowing that he has noticed she forces herself to act cool , not daring for the moment to analyse her disquiet lest she is incapable of handling the reason . |
| 9 | She 'd had no lunch and was beginning to feel the effects of not eating for so long . |
| 10 | It was not that the mines were not producing for between 1564–1570 metal to the value of £31,167 was sold , but even this did not cover the operating costs . |
| 11 | This is not catering for the indigenous population of Ayrshire and Arran . |
| 12 | I would personally like to see more erm sort of grading of erm more , more higher standards being set by the sort of head offices of people who own things like chains of motorway service areas , not catering for the lowest common denominator , but aiming to really have an absolutely top quality service , cleanliness , everything , in all parts of their business . |
| 13 | I am not suggesting for a moment that this kind of problem can be resolved merely by putting more resources in , but at the same time there is need to spend more money , perhaps . |
| 14 | I 'm not suggesting for a moment it does n't cross my mind nor has Mr suggested that there has been any er deliberate failures to disclose something which was thought was , which you 've got and was thought relevant , but it , things do turn out to be potentially relevant in the course of the court appearance |
| 15 | Now I 'm not suggesting for one moment that anybody who has all the problems that dear Mr has there , but I think we might be able to learn something , do you ? |
| 16 | I 'm not suggesting for a moment that university people are n't as integrated as anyone else . |
| 17 | I 'm not suggesting for one moment it 's easy , but I mean is it possible that , you know erm accepting that this is a major conflict , it does involve all of us whether we like it or not |
| 18 | He wonders why I 'm not caddying for Arnold Palmer , so I tell him there 's been a mix-up and he takes me on . |
| 19 | Whatever the wops say about not dying for Danzig , those dates that came were genuine . |
| 20 | The Republic 's Foreign Minister Dick Spring yesterday insisted that Dublin was not pressing for a US envoy ‘ for the present ’ . |
| 21 | If the applicant is not applying for a grant there is no obligation to consult . |
| 22 | ‘ Not applying for a job with Hallmark cards , then , ’ I muttered to myself , sipping at my coffee . |
| 23 | Yo , you 're not applying for a job you are applying to erm go to Australia |
| 24 | in a family , you 're not applying for a job in a family , you 're applying work in a children in a group . |
| 25 | But Mr Rickman , who co-starred with Bruce Willis in the movie Die Hard , and went on to other leading screen roles including the Sheriff of Nottingham in Robin Hood , Prince of Thieves , is not appearing for superstar 's wages . |
| 26 | In LFAs , grants would be available for farmers not qualifying for farm investment aids . |
| 27 | Grade III buildings were those which , whilst not qualifying for the first statutory list when compiled in 1949–69 , were considered nevertheless to be of some importance for planning purposes . |
| 28 | ‘ Whether the form I 've shown this week has anything to do with not qualifying for the Ryder Cup I do n't know . |
| 29 | I bet they are not praying for me going to Saltcoats . |
| 30 | You see , in a school where most people are not living for Jesus it will soon become obvious that you are different and not everybody will agree with what you believe . |