Example sentences of "not [vb infin] [prep] a [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | I doubted not that they were law officers , but did not linger for a second look , being already at the casement windows into the side garden . |
2 | In fact , it appears to have been due less to a plot than to a calculation that she could not win in a second ballot . |
3 | With Aquino adamant that she would not stand for a second term , the jostling for position amongst those ambitious to succeed her intensified in late 1990 and early 1991 . |
4 | Waldheim , who had been barred from entering the USA [ see p. 35528 ] and shunned by European governments , had announced in June 1991 that he would not stand for a second term [ see p. 38298 ] . |
5 | Another , compiled in June , stated that no one believed any longer in an early end to the war in Russia , and that soldiers on leave had said they would not go through a second winter there . |
6 | The red was sharp and thin but drinkable , though one would not care for a second glass . |