Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] of a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seemed a rather broad question , and one for which Lord John could not think of a specific answer . |
| 2 | Nutty could not think of a good answer and nor could Mr Sylvester , so Nails was allowed to come . |
| 3 | Any team which can not think of a new rhyme , or repeats one that has been chosen earlier , drops out until only one team is left . |
| 4 | On the way home , she found that she wanted to cry again and could not think of a possible reason why she should . |
| 5 | Now I can not think of a single occasion over the years , my adulthood when I have been going to theatre arts events of any kind when I 've actually gone out and bought anything as a result of sponsorship of a programme I 've been looking at . |
| 6 | Isabel could not think of a single thing to say . |
| 7 | I could not think of a single thing that Quigley had ever done for me . |
| 8 | The Gallup survey , commissioned by the Daily Telegraph , also found that more than a third could not think of a single thing about Britain of which to be proud . |
| 9 | He admired a point which Stead had made about Polynesians and Christianity , but worried that he could not think of a Christian anthropologist . |
| 10 | i have not heard of a similar setup at least — the only player who is remincent in norway of flo and almost as good in the air has been out injured this season so the setup has not been tried and maybe never will — at least it shows that coach Egil ‘ Drillo ’ Olsen — thinks — which might not be said of Mr Turnip . |
| 11 | Strange , I thought , I have not heard of a prominent baseball authority with that name . |
| 12 | Although I realise that he can not know of a particular incident that has been drawn to my attention today , is he aware that information has been sent to deceased claimants , thus causing a great deal of distress to the families concerned ? |
| 13 | Finally , it seems most plausible to suppose that this enforcement operated within very strict limits , so that we should not speak of a general power of enforcement of modus for public purposes . |
| 14 | Nor are evolutionary processes progressive or purposive ; the primitive single-celled creatures which were our early forebears were not possessed of a burning imperative , or driven by a mystic higher force , to evolve into sentient humans . |
| 15 | I doubt if it is possible to hold the view of Margalef ( 1968 ) that ‘ Relevant evidence does not consist of a massive accumulation of trivia ’ and reconcile it with his ‘ Ecology … is the study of systems at a level at which individuals or whole organisms may be considered elements of interaction … ’ . |
| 16 | She infers that using such forms means ‘ absence of cognitive flexibility ’ and quotes the studies by Bereiter and others ( Osborn , 1967 ) of lower-class children who , it is argued , ‘ can not conceive of a single object having two attributes ’ ( ibid . ) . |
| 17 | Moody thinks that ‘ the final stanza may allude to a variant of Ariadne 's tale , which has it that she did not die of a broken heart but was loved by Bacchus ’ . |
| 18 | If someone tells you not to think of a white bear , what happens ? |
| 19 | Erm a new factory going into the area for example will have a choice between one of Selby 's erm ca n't think of a suitable adjective , large requirement for industrial land , or it will go into the new settlement . |
| 20 | ‘ And I only found out this morning from Dr Greene what a … a … | ’ she could n't think of a suitable word and said finally , ‘ … celebrated painter you are . ’ |
| 21 | Maggie could n't think of a suitable reply to that . |
| 22 | I could n't think of a nice fellow to give it to . |
| 23 | I could n't think of a nice fellow to give it to . |
| 24 | Putting his arm around his wife 's shoulder , he added : ‘ When I came down the drive to see you I could n't think of a good reason to give you for splitting up . |
| 25 | I could n't think of a good reason why not so I ushered him towards the stairs and told him I lived in Flat 3 . |
| 26 | I mean , we do make all sorts of allowances with exams you know , people repeat words and th and they can leave words out and they ca n't think of a eloquent way of expressing that something at the spur of the moment so it 's |
| 27 | I ca n't think of a single occasion in which this might come in handy . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | ‘ Since you ask me sir I ca n't think of a single reason — oh except … my voice is trained . ’ |
| 30 | But this does n't mean you ca n't dream of a green Christmas . |