Example sentences of "not [verb] a [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1949 Beryl found that she was pregnant again , but did not want a second child . |
| 2 | Maybe he did not want a second game on their pitch . ’ |
| 3 | He and Jenny were sufficient for each other ; they did not want a third person , especially a person whose tastes were so dissimilar and who did not fit in with their lives or their friends . |
| 4 | The hon. Gentleman said that he personally does not want a fourth boat . |
| 5 | The internal management rule does not assist a third party which has dealt in good faith with an organisation which then defaults on its debts . |
| 6 | All three do their best under Penny Ciniewicz 's rather heavy-handed direction , but they can not beat a first play that has just got too much to say . |
| 7 | When the cleaning woman came , he sent her away , not wanting a third person in the house . |
| 8 | Even so , Dalziel not missed a first team game since October and Saturday 's decisive strike against Kilmarnock took his tally for this year to seven as well as his total for the season to 30 . |
| 9 | They could not exclude a fourth person nominated by the company . |
| 10 | Before long England were benefitting from the first of a string of catches dropped by both sides , and their total of 263 was over a hundred more than it would have been had Boycott , Woolmer and Botham not had a second chance . |
| 11 | After a week on the superb white sand beaches of the Maldives , why not spend a second week discovering the beauty of Sri Lanka ? |
| 12 | It could be asked if Mary Leapor , Henry Jones , James Eyre Weeks , Joseph Lewis , and George Smith Green do not constitute a third wave since their first works appeared around 1750 . |
| 13 | The keeper , who has not played a first team game since October , made several fine saves to keep a Palace-dominated opening period goalless . |
| 14 | Black could operate on the right for there is no challenge now from Robbie Dennison ( Wolverhampton Wanderers ) who did not sign his new contract until earlier this week and has not played a first team game this season — missing out also on the club 's Scandinavian tour . |
| 15 | But the series of cardinals can not have a last member . |
| 16 | If you are not having a first course , a couple of plain poppadums are an acceptable indulgence , but do n't get carried away — and do n't allow yourself to start dipping in the chutneys ! |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | He can not enter a second time into his mother 's womb and be born , can he ? |
| 19 | An unregistered treaty remained valid under Article 18 , whereas an obligation does not bind a third party unless it has manifested its consent . |
| 20 | The result was interpreted by most commentators as an expression of anger against the Democrat administration of Michael Dukakis — who had decided not to seek a fourth term — for having caused the state 's current fiscal problems . |
| 21 | Ball , who has not started a first team match since the Shrewsbury trip in mid February , beat two defenders before rifling home a glorious 15-yard strike in the 52nd minute . |
| 22 | ‘ Unfortunately there is nothing we can do about it and it means that the athletes from Durham and Cumbria will not get a second chance of achieving the English Schools qualifying standards . ’ |
| 23 | Members may not put a second account number on a card . |
| 24 | Rebleeders who did not receive a second injection with the same solution were defined as failed cases . |
| 25 | In other words , if you do not receive a first grading , that is as far as you go although you get a written critique , so that you at least know why you did n't make the placings . |
| 26 | Having been involved in a substantial amount of this sort of work for 15 years , I believe it is correct to aver that once a person reaches 60 there is an unwritten rule or convention which determines that he or she shall not receive a first appointment . |
| 27 | ‘ Markham received help for two years , but with new applicants coming along it was felt he could not receive a third grant . ’ |
| 28 | She has also decided not to have a second baby . |
| 29 | And Football League president Gordon McKeag said : ‘ When the Premier League was formed the FA said they would not sanction a second division . |
| 30 | OLDHAM Athletic , who had not beaten a First Division side since they dropped into the Second Division in 1923 , made up for 66 years of not altogether patient waiting with a pulsating victory over the League champions Arsenal at Boundary Park last night . |