Example sentences of "not [verb] [adv prt] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Collor 's problem is that although money is no obstacle to his multi-million dollar campaign , it does not make up for the thousands of enthusiastic party militants campaigning for his rival . |
| 2 | It will not make up for the insufficient level of public services that Cleveland has been given by BR . ’ |
| 3 | What I might actually do it see if Ian 's not doing anything if he not come in for the full time that they 're cleaning up , but come in for those sort of things . |
| 4 | He has not turned up for the past two meetings of the Supreme National Council , which he chairs and which is supposed to govern Cambodia , in conjunction with the UN , in the period up to the election . |
| 5 | He has not turned out for the village team since . |
| 6 | He has not turned out for the village team since . |
| 7 | In any case , he added , people did not show up for the political meetings , only arriving in time for the drinking afterwards . |
| 8 | 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 . ’ |
| 9 | The purpose of having a timetable is so that all relevant information can be digested and acted upon , and so that bids do not carry on for an unreasonable length of time . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | You 're not going back for a month ? |
| 13 | ‘ I 'm not coming back for a while . |
| 14 | it 's not cutting out for the for the thingy |
| 15 | But real life , both human life and plant and animal life , is not set up for the benefit of spectators . |
| 16 | For example , there was no real requirement to handle Training or Sickness and Absenteeism recording ( although it was not ruled out for the future ) . |
| 17 | Do not stand up for a few moments . |
| 18 | Why not stand up for the uniquely British spirit embodied by Richard Lester ( who 's American — DQ ) , Rita Tushingham , Shelagh Delaney , Tom Courtenay , etc . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Have you decided you 're not cut out for a permanent relationship ? |
| 21 | GROWING up on a tobacco farm was enough to convince Cheryl Boston that she was not cut out for the agricultural life . |
| 22 | Even when I arrived back at Thornfield , I did not go in for a while . |
| 23 | She would not go down for the fireworks . |
| 24 | ‘ One does not go out for a meal just for the food , ’ he added , hardly improving the situation . |
| 25 | ‘ Give me your number and do not go out for the next half-hour . ’ |
| 26 | When Henry V died in Normandy in 1422 mos teutonicus was employed , as it was thought that conventional embalming would not hold out for the journey back to England . |
| 27 | But Mr Pillsbury was not asked back for a second interview . |
| 28 | Vincent decided not to hang about for the landlord , but head back on foot the way they had come . |
| 29 | At the time and date arranged , he meets an old friend and decides not to turn up for the meal with his niece . |
| 30 | Although its giant neighbour , Ben Alder , can be viewed from the A9 at the top of Loch Ericht , and the peak further west along its ridge , Aonach Beag , can be seen briefly from the A86 if you 're not fishing about for an extra strong mint in the glove compartment , Carn Dearg reveals itself only to those prepared to sweat a bit . |