Example sentences of "[vb past] not [verb] [prep] [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | I decided not to vote for the first time in 37 years because of the EC . |
| 2 | Davis , who won the world title for the sixth time in May , decided not to compete in the first two ranking events in Hong Hong and Bangkok . |
| 3 | Preliminary studies showed that , with this method of delivery , the radiolabel did not disperse beyond the first 5 cm of the ileal segment . |
| 4 | Infusion of the liquid bolus at a slow rate ensured that the isotope did not disperse beyond the first ileal segment ; the present results confirmed the effect of a cholinergic agonist and antagonist on transit in the ICJ and colon , suggesting that the model is valid . |
| 5 | La Carlotta did not sing for the first hour . |
| 6 | Those ‘ events ’ of primitive evolution which did not qualify as ‘ good ’ should not be termed ‘ bad ’ , but simply ‘ not good ’ , because ‘ bad ’ implies the existence of ‘ evil ’ , and this did not exist during the first two of the three periods into which this book assumes universal existence to be divided . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Not that she could n't handle him , but it was so much better if the situation did not arise in the first place . |
| 9 | The process of expansion which the press went through in the late 19th century did not continue beyond the First World War . |
| 10 | Eugenius then tried to dissolve the Council he had not wanted in the first place . |
| 11 | John Charlton had not moved since the first encounter . |
| 12 | The membership of the Commission comprised four members from each of Greece and Turkey , and three members from States that had not participated in the First World War . |
| 13 | Dulé 's canoe had not foundered in the first rounds of gunfire , but kept skimming on towards the Rebecca , with the remaining boats still around him , offering cover . |
| 14 | The catastrophic and arbitrary loss of love that you had not earned in the first place . |
| 15 | She had wanted to draw again , and to paint , and she had not wondered before the first class as to the group she would be joining . |
| 16 | Those lacking this knowledge tended not to succeed in the first graduation step and usually were to be seen a year or so later in either group D or E. |