Example sentences of "and [not/n't] [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As he said ( and not for the first time ) , you ca n't beat a bit of local knowledge . |
| 2 | That let off seemed to breathe relief back into the home side , and not for the first time this season the imposing physical presence of youngster Ferguson proved crucial with a deft header which set up Cleland for a fine angled finish from 15 yards for the leveller . |
| 3 | As the throng of workers laughed and joked , tucking into the vast amount of food laid out before them , Annie 's mind went back to other Mell Suppers and not for the first time , she reflected on how her family had dwindled . |
| 4 | The whole episode was built around the book and before very long , and not for the first time , the fascist implications were there again , not only as far as Alf was concerned but , by implication , involving me too . |
| 5 | Her voice dropped , turning low and vicious , and not for the first time , Michael Lee realized how cold and calculating , how vicious and cunning she was . |
| 6 | The sun beat into the sedan , and not for the first time I questioned the desirability of our climate as applied to automobile drivers . |
| 7 | She smiled warmly , and not for the first time the girl thought how incredibly lovely her mistress was . |
| 8 | Not surprisingly and not for the first time , trade union leaders wondered whether it had become impossible to mount a legal strike . |
| 9 | He strolled down the road , thinking , and not for the first time , what a remarkably quiet and empty road Church Row was . |
| 10 | I wo n't accept the job because of Tom Russell , she thought feverishly , and not for the first time . |
| 11 | This time , and not for the first time , it was to be Jenna . |
| 12 | No need to ask who 's been on the piss all weekend , and not for the first time . |
| 13 | However , and not for the first time in this chronicle , I am wrong . |
| 14 | Again his gaze was intent , and not for the first time Robbie cursed the need for evasion , the maintenance of her fiction concerning Hugh . |
| 15 | Fen suggested , and not for the first time Robbie wished she could clear up this misapprehension . |
| 16 | She put her fingers to the top of his brow and traced a three inch scar downwards to the back of his ear , thinking as she did so , and not for the first time , that he had nearly paid dearly for his happiness . |
| 17 | Ironically , and not for the last time in history , the Communist-inspired proletariat had more clout outside the Soviet borders than within . |
| 18 | This is when a phrase finishes on the second ( or weak ) and not on the first or third beat of a final bar . |
| 19 | It has been forgotten that in the case of a very common expression ( historical materialism ) one should put the accent on the first term — ‘ historical ’ — and not on the second , which is of metaphysical origin . |
| 20 | No possibilities here to warm to any feeling of myself as " clever " ; the aching question instead was why the divine hand had seen fit to bestow these talents on me and not on the next child . |