Example sentences of "n't [verb] [pron] for [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had only to take one look at him to realise he had n't forgiven her for walking out on him , nor for going to see Robert Dexter behind his back , and her heart sank . |
| 2 | ‘ You can take them off the instant you do n't need them for reading . ’ |
| 3 | Levi , the fellow whose clothes are so ordinary that Payne Stewart would n't use them for dusting his furniture . |
| 4 | I 'm glad , he reminds me of me dad , you put door handles on doors to open em you do n't use 'em for shutting |
| 5 | It was only as she rounded the corner that she remembered she had n't thanked him for walking her home . |
| 6 | I had n't thanked him for doing the walls . |
| 7 | watch their fees , but they have n't watched yours for crying out loud it 's quite obviously , but I think it 's , it 's ridiculous , because you 're looking at doing it that way , the other , it 's ridiculous |
| 8 | Could n't hear nothing for splashing ! |
| 9 | I have seen little of her work myself , and she wo n't thank me for mentioning it . |
| 10 | ‘ At the moment the team is coached by Andrew Soper from the computer department , although he wo n't thank me for telling everyone , ’ said Suzanne Isaacs of the Personnel Department at Broadgate . |
| 11 | absolutely horrendous , oh by the way you did n't thank me for getting those yoghurts did you ? |
| 12 | John Hall wo n't thank me for saying this but the MetroCentre falls into this category . |
| 13 | The hospital staff would n't thank him for provoking another . |
| 14 | She wo n't thank you for blackening her late husband 's name . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ If she 's so keen to save a spot of money then she wo n't thank you for cheating her of eight grand . ’ |
| 16 | If one runs out of the latter one can use paper tissues instead , though I would n't recommend them for pressing fragile flower heads as the tissues can leave a slight pattern on the petals . |
| 17 | You do Yes but , you do n't know how much er , I mean , you ca n't sell it for housing at the moment . |
| 18 | Just as she did n't take him for granted , she made sure he could n't take her for granted either . |
| 19 | Just as she did n't take him for granted , she made sure he could n't take her for granted either . |
| 20 | Certainly when I was setting up my studio in the country , the nice thing was that we did n't do anything standard ; we did n't take anything for granted , whether it was mics , positions of drums or anything . |
| 21 | We did n't take anything for granted . |
| 22 | And if you work on that presumption , and I 'm not suggesting you creep around frightened of your own shadow going at a slow speed , just wor working with deliberation and making sure you move through the situation competently , but do n't take anything for granted . |
| 23 | I really think that as women we have to draw out all the holy cows and do n't take anything for granted and begin to question everything . |
| 24 | ‘ I 'll have to keep them open tonight ; we 're expected to win but we ca n't take anything for granted in World Cup football . ’ |
| 25 | On checking further with the European Union , I do n't take anything for granted , not even what MPs say , er , it turned out that it was n't a directive and that the Government had freedom of choice , whether it imposes it or not . |
| 26 | Do n't take it for granted that they 'll be OK . |
| 27 | Emily willed her daughter to show the right amount of gratitude , she prayed that the girl would n't take it for granted . |
| 28 | If I gave them an order to couple up a full line of maybe ten coaches , I would n't take it for granted that they 'd done it , I 'd walk up the coach , one walk up one side , down the other side and I would n't If there were a heating valve not open , if they forgot that you see , I would n't do it for them , I would go back and I 'd say , that S K third from the back end , the heating valve is not pulled down , you 've missed it , you 'd better When you 're up that way , just pull it down you see . |
| 29 | Do n't take it for granted it 's it stuff . |
| 30 | Whenever crab and lobster pots produce a sparse harvest , fishermen do n't blame themselves for looting the sea bed — it 's those damned divers again . |