Example sentences of "[verb] [not/n't] [vb infin] [art] [num ord] time " in BNC.
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1 | On Saturday , the device did not work the second time . |
2 | I do all the things I did n't do the first time . |
3 | ‘ We were very alarmed when Sean told us that they needed to look at you again , and you did n't ring a second time … so we were afraid … . ’ |
4 | If the ruse did n't work the first time , it invariably did on the second occasion . |
5 | Well the reality is of course that Clare has already told us that internment did n't work the last time , it was badly done the last time . |
6 | Just in case you did n't hear the first time . |
7 | Mary did n't resist the first time — did n't resist when he kissed her and she felt the strange , hard stubble on his face , nor when he moved on her , not even when he hurt her . |
8 | I know I wondered what happened there , I thought maybe it was the cleaners trying to hoover behind I really ought to change my bed clothes but I do n't remember the last time I did it |
9 | This old woman do n't hear the first time , and when I say it again , she just says yes and walks away . |
10 | The doorbell does n't go a third time . |