Example sentences of "[verb] [not/n't] [vb infin] in the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | William realised he would have to handle the unloading alone if the van did not arrive in the next few minutes . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Not that she could n't handle him , but it was so much better if the situation did not arise in the first place . |
| 4 | The pace did not slacken in the fifth . |
| 5 | I AM one of those ‘ stupid idiots ’ who did not vote in the last election ( Letters , September 6 ) . |
| 6 | These meetings were often passionate affairs : the deadening decorum which in the twentieth century has come to be identified with religious gatherings did not prevail in the nineteenth century . |
| 7 | The opportunity that they now have is to become independent production companies , an opportunity that they did not have in the last round of licence decisions . |
| 8 | If a prisoner did not apply in the next term after execution to receive the benefit of the Act , he lost it . |
| 9 | A story in Numbers 25 which we did not consider in the last chapter ( for it is not a complaint story ) makes it even more readily understandable . |
| 10 | As with externalities , we can not expect markets to allocate resources efficiently if the markets do not exist in the first place . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Erm you notice here that the amount is , did n't alter in the last budget . |
| 13 | 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 |
| 14 | 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 |
| 15 | Phil Simmons : 122 in the first one-day international and 104 in the third — and did n't bat in the second |
| 16 | ‘ We did n't compete in the first half and if we miss tackles like that we 're not going to beat anybody . |
| 17 | ‘ Our midfield did n't contribute in the second half , ’ he said . |
| 18 | We did n't fit in the last one . |
| 19 | The Kerry babies story did n't happen in the 19th century . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | so er erm and do n't forget in the first year all you 've got to do is pass |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | This technique is one of the prominent syntactico-semantic features of the first part of the novel , and it does not disappear in the second and third sections . |
| 26 | 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 . ’ |
| 27 | On this he comments : " Since lābō ( or its equivalent in meaning ) does not reappear in the second colon , the longer expression is used instead of simply one word ( e.g. ) " . |