Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ How could anyone not want to go for a sail on a day like this ? ’ |
| 2 | Such a purchaser would , in effect , buy a firm that he did not want to own for long in its present shape . |
| 3 | Likely you 'll not want to stop for a cup of tea ? |
| 4 | ‘ Your father did not want to pay for the doctor , while the priest 'e comes free ! |
| 5 | Suppose a company has a training policy that women over 50 and men over 55 will not be reimbursed correspondence course fees because the company does not want to pay for training unless it can get at least ten years benefit from that training . |
| 6 | ‘ Did you really not want to stay for my wedding ? ’ |
| 7 | This had been doubly hurtful , for it meant that she not only did not want to work for and look after him but preferred his lifestyle to her own , and by implication ( for she was a lazy woman ) that meant that she considered what he did not to be work at all , merely a pleasurable means of making a great deal of money . |
| 8 | Enter Rita , a young , timid , nervous , woman in clinging red dress , lipstick to match and a pair of shoes in which you would not want to run for a bus . |
| 9 | She had not intended changing for the evening , country inns being the right setting for good tweed suits ; but now she took her time about dressing , and chose a very austere frock in a dark russet-orange shade that touched off the marmalade lights in her eyes . |
| 10 | The Munn Report , therefore , started with an analysis of the present situation , which considered such issues as certificate versus non-certificate courses , the problem of lower ability children being pushed into ‘ O ’ grade examinations which they were not intended to cater for , the need to prepare pupils for life in a modern industrial society , and the importance of analysing the content , teaching methods , learning milieu , and informal aspects of the curriculum . |
| 11 | The pianist was Roger Bluff , who seemed able to draw a singing tone from the Festival piano that I have not heard matched for some time . |
| 12 | Clarissa kindly offered him first bath — if he promised not to go looking for pretty Mosleyites , but Charles smiled and shook his head . |
| 13 | He rode straight up to the gateway of the monastery , not daring to stop for second thoughts , and said to the first monk he saw , ‘ Can you read and write ? ’ |
| 14 | Walters knows well enough not to promise to deliver for general practitioners . |
| 15 | ‘ I know they need to protect their client 's confidentiality but there are certainly many companies I would not consider working for and that ought to be got out of the way early on . ’ |
| 16 | Castro later stated that he favoured political and economic integration with Latin America but had not come begging for aid and had not asked for oil supplies to replace the potential loss of shipments from the Soviet Union . |
| 17 | By holding one end of this batten against the wall , floor ceiling , and using the tape to measure the gap , you will be able to do it on your own without needing someone to hold the other end of the tape , and will get more accurate measurements , as you will not need to allow for the width of the tape measure case . |
| 18 | We do not need to wait for new efficient technology : as Stewart Boyle described in ‘ More work for less energy ’ ( New Scientist , 5 August 1989 ) , the technology exists to take the first step towards the targets we have set to save energy and fossil fuel , and to cut back on carbon dioxide emissions . |
| 19 | We do not need to wait for the Reeve 's Tale for a fabliau in which the Miller can be identified with a target figure : the Miller 's Tale itself links its dramatic teller , the Miller , with John the carpenter as John repeats the Miller 's axiom found in the Miller 's Prologue : in his own homespun wisdom : — a valuing of ignorance which Nicholas is able to play upon ( 3558 ) . |
| 20 | For these reasons , an analysis of the so-called ‘ uneven playing-field ’ in Europe does not need to dwell for too long on the fact that there remains in many countries a low level of compliance with the rules . |
| 21 | You may not need to queue for stamps again . |
| 22 | This owed something to the thoroughness with which Gloucester outmanoeuvred the opposition , which meant that he did not need to hunt for extra support . |
| 23 | This owed something to the thoroughness with which Gloucester outmanoeuvred the opposition , which meant that he did not need to hunt for extra support . |
| 24 | He did not need to pay for it . |
| 25 | The decision to design the lamp and gear separately was made so that consumers did not need to pay for control gear each time they bought a 2D lamp . |
| 26 | Fish can not swim fast enough for long enough and so can not porpoise — but they do not need to surface for air and so can swim at depth to reduce drag . |
| 27 | This is a commonplace that does not need arguing for . |
| 28 | ‘ The players should not need motivating for a match against Manchester United . |
| 29 | The Czechoslovak Finance Minister , Vaclav Klaus , expressed impatience at the pace of progress envisaged by the communiqué , declaring that Czechoslovakia did " not want to wait for committees " and wished to " start the overhaul tomorrow " . |
| 30 | However , this is not expected to happen for some time and even when reform is introduced , the probability is that it will be phased in over a number of years . |