Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [not/n't] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But I hope not for two weeks — and then with any luck not on a Friday , or I may have to ask Doctor Masters to deputise for me . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I know not for sure . |
| 3 | I do not for one minute believe that we shall hand over everything that this country has ever stood for in terms of its independence . |
| 4 | A letter dated March 2nd already betrays some misgiving through its protestation : ‘ I do n't for one minute doubt about the fall of Verdun . ’ |
| 5 | yesterday I have n't for four for five years . |
| 6 | I 've already told him I 'm gon na get my arse kicked cos I have n't for eight you see . |
| 7 | That we look not for detailed application of single techniques in a piecemeal fashion , but rather that we look for the general developments from which we can build school specific approaches which translate the experience into usable school practice . |
| 8 | Jesus said he came not for such ‘ virtuous ’ people but to give hope to those who were aware of their need of God . |
| 9 | ‘ Those who founded it do not for one moment pretend to be neutral , ’ Lewis confessed . |
| 10 | He did n't for one minute expect that sort of treatment in Gloucester , but that was how he would spend this afternoon . |
| 11 | Well sometimes they did n't do that f for reason , perhaps a driver missed his duty or there was a defect on the bus and you used to get a record each day of what we call lost mileage or an extra mileage perhaps on the odd occasion when an extra journey was run but erm the lost mileage was recorded and say you had this bus was due to run a hundred and twenty six miles , it did n't for some reason complete its erm hundred percent journey , you 'd take that off and then record against that bus that , that run say hundred and twenty miles . |
| 12 | He had not for one minute , he said , imagined this could happen and they had even planned to move to Mexico where he was in the process of renovating a house for them ; the bedrooms were complete and he had made a nursery for Michelle 's daughter , China , never to be occupied . |
| 13 | If it does n't for any reason , you have to dub in new matching background sound . |