Example sentences of "n't [verb] for [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Here was an example of an AE who was perfectly " revved " up This is why he was never sacked , even though his bullishness did n't make for enough sales . |
| 2 | In theory , people who took out their cards before July 1977 — the date when the Consumer Credit Act became effective — and who still use the same cards , do n't qualify for this protection under their initial contract . |
| 3 | What if Lubor said he had heard , but that Ven was n't returning for another week ? |
| 4 | ‘ What a blessing I did n't fall for some curtaining remnants this afternoon . |
| 5 | ‘ Poor Dora , she ca n't wait for this week to be over , ’ Melissa remarked . |
| 6 | He did n't wait for any response , but pushed open the heavy white gates with a scrunch of gravel . |
| 7 | Fortunately he did n't wait for any reply . |
| 8 | She stormed off and did n't wait for any reply , but Alain caught her quickly . |
| 9 | The solution is to invest money which you wo n't need for some years , say five or more . |
| 10 | And if we were able to make a budget erm , without the constraints of the S S A and so on , we would not , erm you know , and without the cuts of business rates as Mr said , there would n't need for any pain anyway . |
| 11 | Immobile , barely breathing , Maria did n't speak for several seconds . |
| 12 | The Bull & Gate surely was n't built for this sort of punishment . |
| 13 | Rose sends greetings to all those Medau friends she has n't seen for some time . |
| 14 | After a while I did something else I had n't done for several months : I began to rough out a poem . |
| 15 | There 's so much I have n't done for this exam . |
| 16 | Something you used to spend a lot of time at but have n't done for some time . |
| 17 | Les Conn : ‘ Well , of course , the people were n't prepared for that kind of entertainment and they all put their hands over their ears , and Bloom started screaming , ‘ Get them off , they 're ruining my wedding party ’ . |
| 18 | Somehow one is n't prepared for that kind of situation … |
| 19 | She had the impression that she had n't smiled for several months . |
| 20 | ‘ I felt we played a little bit like an end of season game and did n't work for each other . ’ |
| 21 | Of course , this wo n't work for all cases if any of the last three fields are sometimes blank , although the WHILE condition could be amended to ‘ NOT ( ISBLANK ( [ Field13 ] ) AND ISBLANK ( [ Field14 ] ) AND ISBLANK ( [ Field15 ] ) to trap some of these . |
| 22 | I do know about actresses such as Patrice Charbonneau , who did n't work for several years after starring in the lesbian love story Desert Hearts . |
| 23 | Unfortunately , household expenses do n't go away just because you 're in hospital or ca n't work for any length of time . |
| 24 | Apparently he was n't touting for more Pest Control business , rather his tropical iguana had escaped and made off through the undergrowth . |
| 25 | I ca n't vouch for this hotel but it looked wonderful for a romantic weekend . |
| 26 | Centre Andy Luke also returns , while Paul Rodgers is preferred at hooker to Mike Fenwick , who has n't played for several weeks . |
| 27 | Len had n't spoken for some time . |
| 28 | You had n't spoken for some time . |
| 29 | No , what er y er I suggest you do n't apply for another licence now , now you 've left it so late . |
| 30 | She turned to the bookcase : ‘ Those were his books , but after he had his stroke he could n't read for any length of time without tiring his eyes and I used to read to him . |