Example sentences of "n't [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It may land you in something you did n't bargain for . |
| 2 | She lost him then and had to search and found him eventually curled up amid the wiring in the back of the record-player where he had n't hidden for a long time , not since two dark-haired people who were into black magic had come to dinner and he had disappeared for half a day until she found his secret hole . |
| 3 | Do n't rush for your dictionary , even Chambers ' 20th Century does n't contain them all , so I will briefly explain them here . |
| 4 | We had n't stopped for lunch yet , but decided that food would be a great |
| 5 | joined PTGI from Guinness Brewing Great Britain in July last year and , as he says , ‘ things have n't stopped for me since . |
| 6 | Very busy I have n't stopped for a second . |
| 7 | This is n't intended for the profound jottings which occur in the back of the van after a gig ( to be auctioned at Sotherby 's when you are dead ! ) . |
| 8 | She is never left on her own as my mother stays at home when I go out , but she just waits on my bed and wo n't eat for food until I come back . |
| 9 | Jones , 20 , suffered sickness and diarrhoea and did n't eat for five days . |
| 10 | He usually brings food and stuff , but he do n't stay for long . |
| 11 | Listen , I ca n't stay for long , but I 've twisted Dmitri 's arm and he can find you a couple of tickets for Hedda ! |
| 12 | I could n't stay for one day . ’ |
| 13 | He said : ‘ I wo n't stay for a shower , I 'll go for a swim instead . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ You did n't stay for the , safe opening this morning , then ? ’ |
| 15 | But she was in such a hurry that she just could n't stay for long enough to help me with breastfeeding Stephen . |
| 16 | ‘ For the coach wo n't stay for you , and I do n't want you begging back here , that I do n't ! ’ |
| 17 | She would need to buy something for Terry — even if she did n't stay for the wedding . |
| 18 | ‘ You 're sure you wo n't stay for tea ? ’ |
| 19 | Tel and I did n't stay for tea . |
| 20 | He did n't stay for Ken 's thanks . |
| 21 | So you did n't stay for the evening ? |
| 22 | ‘ No , we wo n't stay for the party , ’ Guido was saying , as Ronni fought to shake the feeling from her . |
| 23 | You know , I ca n't stay for a week in silence . |
| 24 | Those sort of jobs just do n't exist for people like you and me . |
| 25 | He did n't exist for her . |
| 26 | I felt as if I did n't exist for you . ’ |
| 27 | He continued : ‘ class does n't exist for me ’ . |
| 28 | Conventions did n't exist for her . |
| 29 | ‘ In Swansea , I heard a chant I had n't heard for a while : ‘ Who beat the Wallabies ? ’ |
| 30 | right , I mean I 'm not quite sure how Coslow will go about things , I mean the reason we wanted someone from Coslow is cos we wanted someone from the Federation of Scottish Theatre cos we had n't heard for a while |