Example sentences of "[conj] not [prep] the [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus a suspect defence completed the qualifying programme of six matches without conceding a goal ; they must be doing something right , although not for the first time their debt to Shilton was manifest . |
| 2 | Once you 've chopped off the top ten , there are mass mi middle , medium sized P L C's , the nine million to fifty million turnover er company and they 're looked after by some by major firms , some more often than not by the second tier firms , so we can see very much and we can penetrate those er that middle market situation , then these are the companies in the future that will er will probably be the big P L C's and also these it will be easier to get into these organisations er with the services that we have to look through to offer . |
| 3 | As he said ( and not for the first time ) , you ca n't beat a bit of local knowledge . |
| 4 | That let off seemed to breathe relief back into the home side , and not for the first time this season the imposing physical presence of youngster Ferguson proved crucial with a deft header which set up Cleland for a fine angled finish from 15 yards for the leveller . |
| 5 | As the throng of workers laughed and joked , tucking into the vast amount of food laid out before them , Annie 's mind went back to other Mell Suppers and not for the first time , she reflected on how her family had dwindled . |
| 6 | The whole episode was built around the book and before very long , and not for the first time , the fascist implications were there again , not only as far as Alf was concerned but , by implication , involving me too . |
| 7 | Her voice dropped , turning low and vicious , and not for the first time , Michael Lee realized how cold and calculating , how vicious and cunning she was . |
| 8 | The sun beat into the sedan , and not for the first time I questioned the desirability of our climate as applied to automobile drivers . |
| 9 | She smiled warmly , and not for the first time the girl thought how incredibly lovely her mistress was . |
| 10 | Not surprisingly and not for the first time , trade union leaders wondered whether it had become impossible to mount a legal strike . |
| 11 | He strolled down the road , thinking , and not for the first time , what a remarkably quiet and empty road Church Row was . |
| 12 | I wo n't accept the job because of Tom Russell , she thought feverishly , and not for the first time . |
| 13 | This time , and not for the first time , it was to be Jenna . |
| 14 | No need to ask who 's been on the piss all weekend , and not for the first time . |
| 15 | However , and not for the first time in this chronicle , I am wrong . |
| 16 | Again his gaze was intent , and not for the first time Robbie cursed the need for evasion , the maintenance of her fiction concerning Hugh . |
| 17 | Fen suggested , and not for the first time Robbie wished she could clear up this misapprehension . |
| 18 | She put her fingers to the top of his brow and traced a three inch scar downwards to the back of his ear , thinking as she did so , and not for the first time , that he had nearly paid dearly for his happiness . |
| 19 | Ironically , and not for the last time in history , the Communist-inspired proletariat had more clout outside the Soviet borders than within . |
| 20 | No possibilities here to warm to any feeling of myself as " clever " ; the aching question instead was why the divine hand had seen fit to bestow these talents on me and not on the next child . |
| 21 | ‘ . Primitive and child are again linked , but not as the second childhood of ‘ The Hollow Men ’ . |
| 22 | He was expected to sell out , but not to the last shilling . |
| 23 | Another splendidly flighted pass found McClair in the danger zone , but not for the first time the Scot 's control was wayward . |
| 24 | But not at the first interview . |
| 25 | But not by the third time . |
| 26 | Whites price was obviously done whilst NOT in the first team . |