Example sentences of "not [vb infin] for [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ruling groups have found that their interests are best safeguarded if they are supported by a work force which can not think for itself in the coherent way writing affords . |
| 2 | Do not wait for him to hand you the technique ; you know what the title of the sub-topic is . |
| 3 | Dad was a regular churchgoer himself , a sidesman , so it just would not do for him to be seen working on such a special day in the Church Calendar . |
| 4 | They could not provide for them from their own resources , he alleged , and hence resorted to war , pillage and brigandage in order to sustain their followings . |
| 5 | The different access that people from different social class origins have to resources in retirement is a major determinant of who can and who can not provide for themselves in old age . |
| 6 | She flashed the note around , proudly though covertly , and looked for him at the bus stop , but she could not look for him without some misgiving . |
| 7 | Lennie knew about George 's craving for freedom and often threatened to leave , but George felt obliged to look after Lennie as Lennie could not fend for himself in a cave and Lennie could not cope with going to jail or a home to be treated like an animal . |
| 8 | Johnson took McQueen 's side and observed acidly that it was the Laird who should be forced to emigrate , at which McQueen respectfully and loyally demurred , knowing that the laird , to quote Boswell , ‘ could not shift for himself in America ’ . |
| 9 | I have not done that before in my career , but I knew things would not happen for us without action being taken . |
| 10 | Kate would not stand for anything like that , she was too straight . |
| 11 | What does his patients charter offer to the thousands of patients who , through the College of Health helpline , have chosen a hospital with a shorter waiting list , but can not get into that hospital because their health authorities will not pay for them to be treated there ? |
| 12 | The fact is that , in an age when players were never encouraged or expected to be adaptable , the only positions that Billy did not fill for us at one time or another were those of goalkeeper , centre-forward and centre-half . |
| 13 | We all know why we are there , But there is a constant control and you go to bed not knowing if they might not come for you in the night . |
| 14 | And Sunderland manager Malcolm Crosby said : ‘ If Anton plays for Northern Ireland on Tuesday he will not play for us at Blackburn the next night . ’ |
| 15 | Moreover , these dependent people do not reach a social services department in most cases unless the family can not care for them without help . |
| 16 | As Mr Howe said : ‘ People say you make your own luck but you can not legislate for something like that . ’ |
| 17 | However , as the result of a curious intervention by the Official Solicitor ( an officer of the court ) , the Court of Appeal was able to review the decision to imprison , although the three dockers did not ask for it to be reviewed ; and the decision was set aside . |
| 18 | But the trouble is that they do not account for anything like all the shares of most firms . |
| 19 | that 's what I do n't want for it to er |
| 20 | I mean apart from a monstrous attack on our own officers who ca n't answer for themselves in this place . |
| 21 | ‘ I did n't fall for him at once , ’ says Hilary . |
| 22 | She ca n't wait for me for years and years . |
| 23 | Do n't wait for me for lunch . |
| 24 | I ca n't wait for us to be together . ’ |
| 25 | Do n't wait for you for lunch ? |
| 26 | — On the other hand , I suppose Mark ca n't speak for everyone without our permission . |
| 27 | Now , you may think that er you and I are very different from a T four bacteria but personally , and I on can only speak for myself , I ca n't speak for you of course , but personally I 'm prepared to accept that basically I 'm really nothing more than a very very complicated and much bigger T four bacterial . |
| 28 | ‘ It does n't do for someone like him to be away from the reins for too long . |
| 29 | I think it 's it 's hard for me to say because I did n't work for him for long . |
| 30 | Blitzer Last and definitely least , this is a cross between Defender and Lunar Lander , and it just does n't work for me at all . |