Example sentences of "not [verb] [verb] it for [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | You know , they 're not going to do it for nothing . |
2 | The grantee was morally a custodian of the land , and not entitled to use it for his own purposes . |
3 | ‘ Would n't it buy something for the girls here or put someone through school even if you did n't want to take it for yourself ? |
4 | It 's a long trip , and I would n't want to do it for nothing . ’ |
5 | I did n't want to spoil it for everybody . ’ |
6 | ‘ She listened to me and said , ‘ I 'm sorry , darling , but I was n't going to do it for you . |
7 | SR can not be all things to all women — it must be a reflection of the concerns of its editors , like any magazine and we must remember how harmful struggling for control of our ‘ tiny slice ’ of power can be and put our astonishing energy and feeling into creating a world in which we can expand and fill our rightful share of Smiths with our chosen , positive images of women — the men are n't going to do it for us . |
8 | ‘ Oh , we would n't have missed it for anything ! ’ |
9 | ‘ I would n't have missed it for anything . ’ |
10 | We would n't have missed it for anything . |