Example sentences of "not [verb] [art] [num ord] time " in BNC.

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1 On Saturday , the device did not work the second time .
2 ‘ I can not remember the last time I had a proper meal without having a nice drop of wine to go with it .
3 But I really can not remember the last time I went out and bought something new from a retailer — other than test kits and silicon sealant .
4 The mountain before them was the birthplace of mankind ; and he referred the ladies , while excusing himself with an ingratiating laugh for mentioning an indelicate subject , to the authority of Our Saviour 's words to Nicodemus , where it is stated that a man can not enter a second time into his mother 's womb and be born once more .
5 He can not enter a second time into his mother 's womb and be born , can he ?
6 I was suffering from a cold , the first for years — in fact I can not recall the last time I had a cold — and because the weather was nice the village was extremely busy with tourists and lots of traffic and people knocking on my door .
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