Example sentences of "did not [verb] [prep] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Preliminary studies showed that , with this method of delivery , the radiolabel did not disperse beyond the first 5 cm of the ileal segment . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | La Carlotta did not sing for the first hour . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Not that she could n't handle him , but it was so much better if the situation did not arise in the first place . |
| 7 | The process of expansion which the press went through in the late 19th century did not continue beyond the First World War . |