Example sentences of "'s not for [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | This lady 's not for shouting down . ’ |
2 | The Lady 's Not For Burning by Christopher Fry was to be directed by John Gielgud at the Globe in May 1949 and Richard auditioned for the ‘ orphaned clerk ’ . |
3 | He was shaking with nerves when he did the most critical audition of his career — for John Gielgud and The Lady 's Not For Burning — and yet he forced himself through it . |
4 | He had been across to New York with The Lady 's Not For Burning , just before the Stratford season . |
5 | At the 1 980 Tory Party Conference she pronounced stubbornly that ‘ the lady 's not for turning ’ . |
6 | Statements such as ‘ The Lady 's not for turning ’ and ‘ Are we going to go back ? |
7 | ‘ Unfortunately , just like Mrs Thatcher , he 's not for turning , which is the biggest problem of all . |
8 | THE campaign for keeping open Rosyth Dockyard is all very laudable as long as it 's not for servicing nuclear submarines . |
9 | She 's not for marrying , this one . ’ |
10 | The lady 's not for returning |