Example sentences of "[vb past] not [verb] in the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 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 | Eugenius then tried to dissolve the Council he had not wanted in the first place . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The catastrophic and arbitrary loss of love that you had not earned in the first place . |
| 8 | 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. |