Example sentences of "n't [verb] [prep] a single [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I ca n't think of a single occasion in which this might come in handy . |
| 2 | I could n't think of a single thing to say , but dimly realized that I now had my role for the evening ; I had done nothing to bring this off ; but I was to be the identifiable face of the campaign . |
| 3 | ‘ Since you ask me sir I ca n't think of a single reason — oh except … my voice is trained . ’ |
| 4 | They were the faces of two entirely separate people , and try as I would to superimpose them they would n't focus into a single man for whom I had a single , straightforward feeling . |
| 5 | Do n't stick to a single time each day but try to vary it to see if the time of day makes a difference for you . |
| 6 | This wo n't work for a single motif , but how about a single motif in black , knitted against a striped background of bright jewel colours , or white on pastel stripes ? ( for this , the card does n't need to be reversed of course . ) |
| 7 | The reason is simple , the program is now bigger than 800K and wo n't fit on a single disk ! |
| 8 | Pragna Patel , also a member of SBS , says : ‘ Muslims are n't bound to a single identity given to them by Kalim Siddiqui and the Muslim Parliament . ’ |
| 9 | This did n't happen during a single eruption , of course ; the individual flows average only ten metres thick , so many hundreds of individual flows are piled up one on top of the other , covering an area of about 130,000 square kilometres . |
| 10 | She read the first page of a review copy of the new novel by a Royal Shakespeare Company actor and put it down again when she realized she had n't taken in a single word . |
| 11 | I 'm surprised Sister did n't ask for a single room . |