Example sentences of "[verb] [not/n't] [verb] in the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Falconer , who made an impressive start to his Ayresome Park career , has not figured in the first team since a knee injury in the Rumbelows Cup first round against Bournemouth . |
| 2 | Davis , who won the world title for the sixth time in May , decided not to compete in the first two ranking events in Hong Hong and Bangkok . |
| 3 | Payment has never been demanded and it is possible that the provisions are not necessary because the liabilities they cover did not exist in the first place . |
| 4 | Not that she could n't handle him , but it was so much better if the situation did not arise in the first place . |
| 5 | As with externalities , we can not expect markets to allocate resources efficiently if the markets do not exist in the first place . |
| 6 | MB 's is wearing clothes that do not fit in the first example eg. This time he refers to the good opinions that people have of him as new clothes and killing the king would be like throwing away hardly worn clothes . |
| 7 | but when I spoke about safety and getting the money back from the safety training that they now want that they did n't want in the first place you said , no , we should do that |
| 8 | He 's not gon na get anything because it did n't finish in the first three but it was two hundred to one each way , he had two pound each way on it |
| 9 | ‘ We did n't compete in the first half and if we miss tackles like that we 're not going to beat anybody . |
| 10 | He was so distressed and shocked that he did n't play in the first two Tests , batted himself at No. 8 in the third and fourth matches , and withdrew from the fifth . |
| 11 | Of course , if he looks dodgy then do n't stop in the first place ; just say that you do n't carry a watch . |
| 12 | so er erm and do n't forget in the first year all you 've got to do is pass |
| 13 | Eugenius then tried to dissolve the Council he had not wanted in the first place . |
| 14 | The membership of the Commission comprised four members from each of Greece and Turkey , and three members from States that had not participated in the First World War . |
| 15 | Dulé 's canoe had not foundered in the first rounds of gunfire , but kept skimming on towards the Rebecca , with the remaining boats still around him , offering cover . |
| 16 | The catastrophic and arbitrary loss of love that you had not earned in the first place . |
| 17 | However , X does not appear in the first place as a response to some specific stimulus ( as in the case of a reflex ) , but more or less spontaneously . |
| 18 | This means the voter marks his second preference on the ballot paper ; and , if his first choice candidate does not finish in the first two , his vote is transferred to one of those who is still in with a chance . |
| 19 | The hon. Member for Livingston ( Mr. Cook ) associated himself with the sentence : ’ I 'll be surprised if budget holding does not collapse in the first year . ’ |
| 20 | Those lacking this knowledge tended not to succeed in the first graduation step and usually were to be seen a year or so later in either group D or E. |