Example sentences of "not [verb] [adv prt] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | But give him his due , he does not give up for a scratch or two , and not even a dagger could hold him off for ever . ’ |
| 2 | I thought my form had been good enough throughout the year to warrant selection , but there is always that niggling doubt , especially as I had angered Frank Dick by not turning up for a relay practice at Loughborough where he was engaged in running the annual Summer School for athletics . |
| 3 | I am bound to say My Lords that my own view is still that the size within the limits laid down by statute with a minimum of sixteen or eighteen and maximum of twenty-four would best be determined locally and if we 're not going in for a national police force , I still ca n't see what it has to do with the Secretary of State and why the Home Office should be settling the size of forty-three or so police authorities . |
| 4 | You 're not going back for a month ? |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm not coming back for a while . |
| 6 | Do not stand up for a few moments . |
| 7 | A public school was more alien to his nature than his father realized : this son was not cut out for a smooth ascent of the ladder of preferment . |
| 8 | Have you decided you 're not cut out for a permanent relationship ? |
| 9 | Even when I arrived back at Thornfield , I did not go in for a while . |
| 10 | ‘ One does not go out for a meal just for the food , ’ he added , hardly improving the situation . |
| 11 | But Mr Pillsbury was not asked back for a second interview . |
| 12 | The flow will not let up for a minute . |
| 13 | Boro boss Lawrence , meanwhile , is not lined up for a summer move to Spurs despite rumours sweeping the NorthEast . |
| 14 | At the present pace of progress in Brussels , similar changes throughout the EC may not come in for a dozen years or more , and British farmers fear that they will lose business while waiting for European competitors to catch up . |
| 15 | Mr Rochester is always very popular with the ladies at these parties , so he may not come back for a week or so . ’ |
| 16 | It is a sick government that is proud of the fact that it 's not signed up for a Social Chapter . |
| 17 | • If you wake during the night ( sometimes because you need to empty your bladder ) then return to bed and relax as soon as possible , Do not get up for a cup of tea or snack as this will give misleading information to your body clock . |
| 18 | They did , however , provide a good deal of entertainment for the rest of the group and would be missed if they did not turn up for a game . |
| 19 | erm , because you do n't stay back for a drink afterwards because you 're going to Strawberry Hill . |
| 20 | It may be worth investing in a course of vitamin supplements — they ca n't make up for a poor diet but they can provide a useful boost occasionally . |
| 21 | And I suspect that if we offered them counselling from cater good catering advice on how to maximise their market return they 'll do it because I would n't hang about for a meal if I knew that they would n't give you a meal in fifteen minutes , I 'd go and eat somewhere else . |
| 22 | He had n't let up for a single moment , questioning , probing , searching for clues in her answers like a scientist searching for new bugs on a microscope slide . |
| 23 | I think she should have played a Tour Event before an exhibition event , but then again it would n't be the first time she has n't turned up for a Tour Event would it ? |
| 24 | ‘ They did n't call round for a chat , for Christ 's sake . |
| 25 | who were the religious police who were actually watching , so we have n't gone back for a while |
| 26 | You know he does n't go in for a lot of heavy discussion about things . ’ |
| 27 | I said to Dinda well there 's no reason why you should n't go out for a drink with him or |
| 28 | Diane locked herself in her bedroom and would n't come down for a day because she was afraid of her father 's anger . |
| 29 | He give me them , I took them for three days , right , I did n't come down for a fortnight and Russell 'll tell you that , I was high as a kite . |
| 30 | And when I took those I did n't come down for a , and that frightened me , I said to Russell I will never ever take speed because it 's if , I was er we were in the pub right on a Sunday morning and I was there but I was n't there , I was somewhere else . |