Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] [prep] [art] second [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 | On such a calendar , the Gunflint fossils of algae-like organisms , which seemed so extremely ancient when they were first discovered , are seen to be quite latecomers in the history of life , not appearing until the second week of August . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | However , climbing sports differ from true climbers in that invariably they do not bloom until the second year wood , and then only on side shoots , and seldom repeat much after the first burst of bloom during June . |
| 5 | My Lords , I did not speak on the second reading of this Bill , because I spoke extremely critically on in the debate on the White Paper o on er May the 26th last year , but er I would therefore like to er commence by joining with my Right Honourable Friend Lord Whitelaw because I was so critical , in welcoming the changes which the Home Secretary has now proposed . |
| 6 | Consequently the vast majority of contests were not decided until the second round on March 18 . |
| 7 | However , it was not used in the Second World War , nor in many other wars . |
| 8 | I think half the crowd were on their way home , down Headington Hill , down Lime Walk , bemoaning United not scoring for the second week in succession , then up steps Andy Melville . |
| 9 | We want to ensure that people are not landed with a second taxation system which is as unfair and unjust as the poll tax . |
| 10 | Ray Parlour , having been caught heavily by former Gunner Kevin Richardson , did not return for the second half . |
| 11 | Well no , we got two in the sidelines , we got this Indian guy who was not coming for a second interview until we can say we 'll pay him |
| 12 | Comparable trends are not found among the second category , which includes those sites where the defences are apparently arbitrarily imposed on a straggling ribbon development or urban scatter so as to provide a small defended strongpoint astride the road . |
| 13 | Bidders missing the deadline for offers or not shortlisted for the second phase may not be readmitted . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 ] . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | From the 19 patients with reflux oesophagitis , one subject did not arrive for the second measurement and dropped out . |
| 18 | Now such respected independent institutions as the Fraser of Allander Institute are forecasting that recovery will not arrive until the second half of the year . |
| 19 | On this he comments : " Since lābō ( or its equivalent in meaning ) does not reappear in the second colon , the longer expression is used instead of simply one word ( e.g. ) " . |
| 20 | I would imagine what they 're doing is raising the roof and not putting in the second storey . |
| 21 | This was not maintained after a second night , and after the third night without sleep subjects provided with these incentives could perform no better than those not provided with incentives . |
| 22 | The ‘ Golden Age ’ of English agriculture was over ; after the 1860s it entered a period of decline from which it was not to recover until the Second World War . |
| 23 | The red was sharp and thin but drinkable , though one would not care for a second glass . |
| 24 | I shall not deal with the second part of the hon. Gentleman 's question because it raises difficult issues which will no doubt be the subject of discussion later . |
| 25 | However , this explanation does not account for the second peak . |
| 26 | Their problems intensified when wing ace Martin Offiah did n't appear for the second half after picking up a leg injury . |
| 27 | ‘ Our midfield did n't contribute in the second half , ’ he said . |
| 28 | ‘ If they do n't suck by the second day , ’ said the ā gri , ‘ they forget how . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ The flair for getting away with things does n't descend unto the second generation . ’ |
| 30 | I 'd promised myself then and there : I was n't going for a second appointment . |