Example sentences of "[be] not for [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Customs have set new guidelines and anyone bringing in more will be asked to confirm that their goods are not for reselling . |
| 2 | I want , on your behalf , to send a clear message to-day to Government and to Employers — the gains that working people have made for themselves and their families — gains that have made their world a fairer place — are not for taking back and will not be given back ’ . |
| 3 | They are not for messing about . |
| 4 | His group are not for listening , they 're for telling people . |
| 5 | ‘ We are not for having any man turn sceptic , and disbelieve his senses ; on the contrary we give them all the stress and assurance imaginable ; nor are there any principles more opposite to scepticism , than those we have laid down . ’ |
| 6 | We 'll not follow these quangos , we 're not for taking away the power , the power should mean at least we 're accountable . |
| 7 | I 'm not for holding back children . |
| 8 | I 'm not for holding back children . |
| 9 | I 'm not for taking the kids on holiday . |
| 10 | This lady 's not for shouting down . ’ |
| 11 | The Lady 's Not For Burning by Christopher Fry was to be directed by John Gielgud at the Globe in May 1949 and Richard auditioned for the ‘ orphaned clerk ’ . |
| 12 | He was shaking with nerves when he did the most critical audition of his career — for John Gielgud and The Lady 's Not For Burning — and yet he forced himself through it . |
| 13 | He had been across to New York with The Lady 's Not For Burning , just before the Stratford season . |
| 14 | At the 1 980 Tory Party Conference she pronounced stubbornly that ‘ the lady 's not for turning ’ . |
| 15 | Statements such as ‘ The Lady 's not for turning ’ and ‘ Are we going to go back ? |
| 16 | ‘ Unfortunately , just like Mrs Thatcher , he 's not for turning , which is the biggest problem of all . |
| 17 | THE campaign for keeping open Rosyth Dockyard is all very laudable as long as it 's not for servicing nuclear submarines . |
| 18 | She 's not for marrying , this one . ’ |
| 19 | The lady 's not for returning |
| 20 | It sustained her when the pain inside her became near-unbearable , and it was not for sharing . |
| 21 | She stood over a great , three-legged cooking pot , but the stew she was pounding with a pole was not for eating : it was the monthly wash . |
| 22 | Then they beat him with the pipes once again , but when they realized that he had managed to keep his secrets from them , that this small Englishman was not for talking , they turned on him in their fury and kicked and beat him until they feared they had killed him . |