Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] another [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He felt that he could not stay another night in the house . |
| 2 | Can you not stay another day to sail round the island ? ’ |
| 3 | Because although she kept a guard on her tongue when she was with him , determined not to risk another quarrel , she had had to stop pretending to herself . |
| 4 | She did not want another man in her life . |
| 5 | One client referred for counselling eventually admitted that she was starving herself as a way of preventing conception ; she did not want another child , but her husband had pressurised her to become pregnant . |
| 6 | 28pc — compared with 25pc last year — were in favour of abortion where the woman does not want another child ; |
| 7 | I do not want another family to go through what I have been through . |
| 8 | Do you not want another cup of tea with the ? |
| 9 | He did not want another woman , not even as emetic . |
| 10 | I would to our officers they should not grant another contract to Borough Council until they start to use the correct machines for doing the work and I hope that that message now has got across to the cou county surveyor and he really ought to be talking to Borough Council to find out what they 're doing about it . |
| 11 | New points in the revised announcement 47 from the OPB include additional stress on the need for trustees to have considered all the options and the application should demonstrate that this has been done ; that they had sought independent legal advice ‘ from lawyers who do not advise the company on such matters ’ ( the OPB does not regard another partner in the same firm as ‘ independent ’ ) and the OPB would find it ‘ helpful ’ to see copies of correspondence between them ; and specific details of the information sent to members which should be contained in the application . |
| 12 | There has been speculation that Sun will not build another generation of desktop workstations , but will instead design and license . |
| 13 | We welcome the decision not to impose another increase in 1993 . |
| 14 | At Monza , he beat Jochen Rindt by a few feet and the championship was his , even though he did not win another race that season . |
| 15 | The loss of the Scotch wizard had , as Chapman put it , ‘ an unfortunate influence on the team ’ ; Arsenal did not win another match before the final and Everton increased their lead to seven points . |
| 16 | Then she spotted a public telephone and decided she could not wait another minute to call Nick and tell him the job was completed . |
| 17 | I had learnt to love these good people and I could not wait another day to introduce myself . |
| 18 | His expression made it clear that any man or boy unlucky enough not to find another situation need not expect any sympathy : his place would have been filled . |
| 19 | I certainly have not met another Brother or Sister Brush that has been compelled to study it for weeks on end … |
| 20 | Not that I 've got anything at all against them getting out and about a bit now , ’ he added hurriedly , not wanting another Grimma on his hands . |
| 21 | He had not said another word to her . |
| 22 | I did not expect another career , since I felt that I had already had one , but in the event I found not only that , but a fascinating path through life that my original naval calling could not possibly have produced . |
| 23 | made earlier on about erm women approving of one woman doing one thing , and not approving another woman doing another . |
| 24 | He had not sought another interview with her , and , as the ladies naturally did not attend at the graveside , the first she had seen of him since then was when the party returned from the funeral . |
| 25 | We had not seen another vehicle all day . |
| 26 | Ferdinando was still vowing to the Brownings , angry themselves , that he would not send another scudo to England and calling heaven to witness he had been cheated and betrayed , but she lay there impervious . |
| 27 | And I would not give another year of my life to a new version , he wrote . |
| 28 | I 'm not paying another month 's rent , I know that wo n't be two hundred and fifty quid would buy enough curtains |
| 29 | Actually I did not see another patient at all |
| 30 | You may not see another Spring . |