Example sentences of "[not/n't] [vb infin] [verb] [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Brendan Ormsby 's transfer from Leeds United to Cardiff City was called off yesterday after the defender decided he did not want to play in the Third Division . |
| 2 | Mr Donovan 's mere financial gain will probably make little difference to him and it is debatable whether his name ‘ has been cleared once and for all ’ as it did not need clearing in the first place . |
| 3 | But Truman did not hesitate to intervene in the next crisis in the Far East , when North Korean troops invaded the South Korean Republic on 25 June 1950 ( CORE , pp. 150–51 ) . |
| 4 | Even HG Wells might not have believed in the last years of the 20th century , plans were being laid to walk across the Martian south pole . |
| 5 | No , I should not have moved into the second Person . |
| 6 | Actually , Edberg might not have got beyond the last eight , for Ivan Lendl played wonderful tennis to lead by a set and 5–4 . |
| 7 | Either the individual can not get to sleep in the first place or he wakes frequently during the night . |
| 8 | If the child does n't want to go for the first test or even the second test , it is their right . ’ |
| 9 | I do n't want to jump into the first movie that 's offered to me . |
| 10 | It means , do n't keep wishing for the next day , or the next week , or month , or year , or your life goes too fast . |
| 11 | If Jack had had to protect his pitch at Dagenham and White City in the days when men were men , he would n't have survived until the third race . |
| 12 | The erm , yes these and it started to be like warfare more than a game you know at that stage but hopefully now we 're getting back to some sort of sanity with the membership cards you know , because we , the crowd is segregated from the away supporters now and that 's cos if Walsall go into the second division again they 'll have to spend so much I believe on the ground to cage the away supporters in which they do n't have to do in the third division . |
| 13 | Is it a new editorial policy that New Scientist will investigate the number and source of replies to advertisements within its pages and then print snide remarks about why the unsuccessful applicants should n't have applied in the first place ? |
| 14 | ‘ When you have a child to consider you do n't go rushing into the first relationship that comes along . |
| 15 | I would n't go shopping for the first few weeks . |
| 16 | I would n't get dressed until the last minute because I thought I would be late and therefore would not have to go to school . |
| 17 | She paused for a few thoughtful moments , then said quietly , ‘ I ca n't help wondering about the next owner . ’ |