Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] [pron] first " in BNC.
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| 31 | Now Liz did n't win our first , second or third prize er last year , but she , she made it to the final twelve , er her , her full-length novel now , has now been accepted by Collins and that 's going to be published next February , there 's talk of a big American contract for Liz and Liz has now been floated away in to the world of big time professional writing . |
| 32 | I do n't know your first name , but I love you . |
| 33 | I do n't know his first name , but he was a consultant in some hospital in Carlisle and he ran a backup laboratory near Langstone in Cumbria . ’ |
| 34 | but I do n't know his first name . |
| 35 | As they walked inside , arm in arm , she said huskily , ‘ Darling , what would you have done if I had n't said it first ? ’ |
| 36 | If you say , ‘ Just have a go , we do n't mind if you do n't do it first time ’ , a sensitive child will probably clam up . |
| 37 | He has run 165 marathons , 76 half-marathons , nine 61-milers , 13 30-milers and 13 25-milers — and he did n't do his first marathon until shortly before his 60th birthday . |
| 38 | Although it does have lower , lower power than his first test , right , but if you ca n't calculate his first test then it 's the best thing to use . |
| 39 | If Mr Khan prefers to be called Mr Khan , do n't use his first name just because other residents are happy for you to use theirs . |
| 40 | I still have n't got my first aid certificate . |
| 41 | Miss You and the haunting Leisure and the particular highlights while Wanting reminded me a little of the Beatles Helter Skelter ( though I do n't remember it first time round , of course ) with its screaming guitars and music style . |
| 42 | I promised to ring him , if he did n't ring me first , reassured her again that everything was fine and that she did n't need to drive over to look after me . |
| 43 | I did n't like it first , when I bought it I thought it was a bit crap |
| 44 | Did n't like it first time . |
| 45 | ‘ I do n't like the men , and I do n't like my first officer . ’ |
| 46 | The cottages vary ( some are cooled by air-conditioning , some just by a fan ) so if you do n't like your first one , ask to see the others . |
| 47 | Do n't overdo it first time round . |
| 48 | ‘ And I did indeed enjoy my visit but I think I have missed the best treat in the entire house , what a pity I did n't see you first . ’ |
| 49 | Turned back to Ormanroyd who could n't control it first time and that was enough for Forest to win it back . |
| 50 | But I did n't sell my first painting you know until 1975 . |
| 51 | I do n't suppose my first real piece for the paper was exactly world-shattering . |
| 52 | I had n't deserted my first love , the Salcombe yawl Lisa , but she lived in my home in South Devon , and now that I was officially attached to Sir Edmund Pusey 's Police Liaison Group at the Home Office I had to live in London , and the Crouch was much more accessible . |
| 53 | That was if the cat did n't tumble her first . |
| 54 | There were few signposts and the rough roads had waterfilled potholes deep enough to drown a man — if the footpads did n't get him first . |
| 55 | ‘ If the parasites do n't get him first . ’ |
| 56 | She badly needed another drink but Maxim had n't finished his first yet . |
| 57 | for me to have er I I tell you what I do get concerned about Lynda is somebody who ca n't spell their first name . |
| 58 | but she said if you have n't paid your first half , they demand the lot , which I know that |
| 59 | Did n't ask you first ? |
| 60 | If the police did n't find him first he would eventually wake and wander away . |