Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] a single [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can hear them telling the architect not to spare a single sou . |
| 2 | Er now I would suggest that if somebody does not make a single spelling mistake and it or or grammatically error and it 's perfectly well presented give them full five marks okay . |
| 3 | Mr Skokov has rarely spoken in public ( in his three years in parliament , he did not make a single speech ) , yet he has been one of Russia 's most influential politicians . |
| 4 | But there was no time to give this disturbing idea attention ; Tealtaoich was nearly at the Trees and the Trees were grouped together watching him and waiting for him in complete silence and it was important not to miss a single instant of any of it . |
| 5 | He was , it seemed , determined not to miss a single minute of their day out . |
| 6 | Thus a clause which permitted " any partner " to be expelled by " the other partners " was held not to enable a single partner to expel either or both of his colleagues ( Re A Solicitor 's Arbitration [ 1962 ] 1 WLR 353 ) . |
| 7 | We have not heard a single word . |
| 8 | I have not heard a single argument — there was not a sentence in the Secretary of State 's speech — to suggest that the upper limit will be reached in the coming year . |
| 9 | While Louise Newman 's cataloguing continues set the standard for European auctions , Christie 's Plc should be chastised for not producing a single owner catalogue that will become a standard reference . |
| 10 | The keen youngsters had not won a single game since the season started in September . |
| 11 | A girl emerged from the dairy with a pan of milk and was instantly surrounded by the stable cats , mewing pleadingly as though they had not caught a single mouse for days . |
| 12 | A country that gave her a cold welcome , in which the To Let signs specified ‘ No Coloureds ’ , and of which she wrote in Second-Class Citizen , ‘ If I had been Jesus I would have passed England by and not dropped a single blessing . ’ |
| 13 | But it was depressing , too , because he did not know a single person who occupied them . |
| 14 | In fact I have not met a single teacher who does not want to be their best and do their best for young people , even though what this means in practice is very different for different teachers . |
| 15 | As yet I have not written a single page by daylight . |
| 16 | The monthly tests were designed with the demands of the scholarship exam in mind but Alfie , with his severe special needs , did not achieve a single mark in any test during the three years . |
| 17 | Marwood has failed to win a regular place at Bramall Lane since his £300,000 transfer from Arsenal two years ago and has not made a single appearance this season . |
| 18 | But they have not made a single bid at Britain 's top yearling sale this week . |
| 19 | She has not seen a single second of the Costa Del Sol soap since . |
| 20 | The Minister is well aware that the armed services sports body does not give a single penny to rugby league . |
| 21 | He did not believe a single word of her story . |
| 22 | So the development of the Viennese piano building tradition at the end of the 18th century did not follow a single route . |
| 23 | He could not follow a single text of the Gita . |
| 24 | but I 'm most disgruntled the way Geoffrey 's getting on , he 's not had a single parents evening this year , you know normally you go back to school , you have one September , October which is always too soon |
| 25 | The Down Orange Welfare and Ulster Service Corps ( both rural and small town ) have not had a single member imprisoned for a terrorist offence nor has the rural section of the Orange Volunteers . |
| 26 | We now have to vote on the timing of its procedures , even though we have not had a single hour of discussion in Committee . |
| 27 | There are still a few thousand of the biggest losers who have not had a single penny increase in income from that day to this . |
| 28 | Turner says : ‘ We have not had a single offer for Ken — not yet . |
| 29 | David Burns , who heads a service in Chicago that matches athletes and advertisers , told Associated Press he had not had a single inquiry about Yamaguchi since her Olympic win , watched by one of the biggest television audiences for the Winter Games . |
| 30 | I 've written six letters and not had a single reply . |