Example sentences of "[vb mod] not [verb] [art] first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | New Scientist should not allow the first weapons with terminal guidance to be installed before noting that the accuracy is needed to destroy missiles in hardened concrete silos : in other words for a first strike . |
| 2 | The treaty was never implemented , however , perhaps because the French could not raise the first instalment of the ransom in the six months specified , and in May 1359 the ‘ Second Treaty of London ’ was concluded . |
| 3 | and he could n't hack the first year , he failed the first year , and he failed the resits . |
| 4 | Davenport asked for a move last month because he could n't get a first team chance . |
| 5 | In the second half , they were on top again , but just could n't get the first goal , which was always going to be vital in such a close battle . |
| 6 | I could n't hear the first words , then I heard : ‘ Bill phoned the depot and told me about the accident . ’ |
| 7 | Having been involved in a substantial amount of this sort of work for 15 years , I believe it is correct to aver that once a person reaches 60 there is an unwritten rule or convention which determines that he or she shall not receive a first appointment . |
| 8 | ( PS The Editor 's brain ca n't manage the first teaser . |
| 9 | ‘ Do you know I ca n't remember the first bit , I 've been here so long . |
| 10 | I do n't know how much of it I remembered , cos I 've seen it so often now , mm , ca n't remember the first time I saw it Did n't know . |
| 11 | When Ojomoh boards that plane on December 31 he steps into a new world , the elite strata of an elite sport — not bad for a lad who never saw a rugby ball until he was 13 , ca n't get a first team game and came close to being escorted to a plane by police . |
| 12 | And you ca n't buy the first thing you 're offered ! |
| 13 | It is unlikely , though , that we can handle all these if we can not make the first distinction systematically ( and the alert reader can no doubt find mistakes of this sort within this book ) . |
| 14 | All three do their best under Penny Ciniewicz 's rather heavy-handed direction , but they can not beat a first play that has just got too much to say . |