Example sentences of "n't [verb] [pron] for " in BNC.

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1 Yeah , Oh you ca n't sack her for that !
2 they 're saying that their fixing figures by not putting people on the waiting list so the waiting lists are shorter , because they 're putting , not , they 're saying that to people we ca n't treat you for about two years so I 'm not going to put you on the list at the moment , so they 're , cooking the books , that 's what they reckon
3 I would n't swop it for anything . ’
4 But that also is the case , I mean er er , a lot of time th the actual design of our houses does n't lend itself for us to actually look even if you 're you 're permanently looking out the window .
5 urgh , and you sick it all up again , I could n't eat a thing , I could n't eat anything for two days .
6 Have n't heard anything for quite some time now .
7 We have n't heard anything for
8 Have n't heard it for years .
9 not for that , I have n't heard it for that cos I 've heard
10 she said yeah , she , erm , the reason that women who does the earrings could n't make them for me , was that she buys all the parts , well the flower earrings she makes , she buys all these parts and she ex assembles them which ever parts you want
11 ‘ I ca n't make it for you . ’
12 Batty could n't make it for the second half against Villa after a recurrence of a calf injury he received against Wimbledon last Saturday .
13 ‘ To be honest , I could n't even say when I 'm going to be back but I 've got to realistically think I wo n't make it for the European Cup . ’
14 " Then how come they do n't make anything for themselves out of all this hard labor ? " inquired the senator politely .
15 The US does n't want one for three reasons .
16 They did n't want me for pastoral and I 'm not head of department .
17 ‘ You would n't want me for a cousin-in-law , by the sound of it . ’
18 and they do n't want nothing for their kids .
19 ‘ I shall get into something comfortable , ’ she said , ‘ and then I sha n't want anything for the whole afternoon . ’
20 I would n't want you for an enemy , Harry .
21 ‘ But I do n't want you for a stonechipper !
22 sha n't want 'em for a long while
23 Mrs Heseltine has said that she and her husband talk things over endlessly : ‘ I want him to succeed , but I do n't want it for myself .
24 ‘ Now I know he 's been trying everything he can to take my place and whatever James Hunt says , he does n't want it for nothing . ’
25 Then he said flatly , ‘ He ca n't want it for Fincara , because Fand attacked him .
26 right if you do n't want it for a pound I 'll have it back
27 The Greek police could n't nail you for anything , but we 're not quite so fussy over technicalities .
28 What happened , though , was he ordered one of the captains on a dangerous mission-just how dangerous I knew — on which he 'd been wounded and the young wives had n't forgiven her for it .
29 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 .
30 ‘ Yeah , and a long memory ; I still have n't forgiven you for not trying to rescue me on the ice that time . ’
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