Example sentences of "not [verb] a [num ord] " 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 He will recall that , when British Rail proposed that Waterloo should be the first channel tunnel station , not only did it say that one station was sufficient and that it did not need a second one but , in the case which it put to the House of Lords during the discussions , it said specifically that King 's Cross was not an appropriate location for a second station .
7 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 .
8 When the cleaning woman came , he sent her away , not wanting a third person in the house .
9 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 .
10 They could not exclude a fourth person nominated by the company .
11 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 .
12 After a week on the superb white sand beaches of the Maldives , why not spend a second week discovering the beauty of Sri Lanka ?
13 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 .
14 The keeper , who has not played a first team game since October , made several fine saves to keep a Palace-dominated opening period goalless .
15 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 .
16 But the series of cardinals can not have a last member .
17 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 !
18 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 .
19 He can not enter a second time into his mother 's womb and be born , can he ?
20 An unregistered treaty remained valid under Article 18 , whereas an obligation does not bind a third party unless it has manifested its consent .
21 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 .
22 Following his arrest , but prior to his conviction , Barry had decided not to seek a fourth consecutive term of office as mayor .
23 Only as we 've lost the last one , I 'm hanging on to , it 's hanging in my wardrobe , I 'm not making a third one
24 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 .
25 ‘ 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 . ’
26 and what they wanted was the easiest ones and they came up with the answer economics Gerald simply , we Ge Gerry and I put our heads together and went bib bib bib bib bib , you know as good parents do and we both presented him with a fait accompli you either take an engineering degree , we do n't care what sort or you go out to work in a bank because economics you will not get a first because you are not reader and t to get a first in economics , which is what you 'll need if you 're gon na make any money out of it
27 Members may not put a second account number on a card .
28 Rebleeders who did not receive a second injection with the same solution were defined as failed cases .
29 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 .
30 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 .
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