Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is unlikely , though , that we can handle all these if we can not make the first distinction systematically ( and the alert reader can no doubt find mistakes of this sort within this book ) . |
| 2 | She would definitely not make the first move . |
| 3 | He started his career at Everton , but did not make the first team and has since played at Bolton , Chester , Lincoln , West Brom and Preston . |
| 4 | Indeed Joanne was unlucky not to claim the first set , having served for it at 5–3 . |
| 5 | And not to benefit the first marriage and not to benefit any of the children . |
| 6 | At times , house air waybills use neutral formats that do not identify the first airline . |
| 7 | Billingsley rephrased his insolent question as though I had not understood the first version . |
| 8 | With a longer dissertation , be careful not to overload the first part , especially if it is a biographical summary , a description of historical context , or a literature review — all of which are potentially interminable . |
| 9 | Why not take the first step to a happy ending — and complete the coupon right now ? |
| 10 | You do not enter the first forest for fun , for adventure . |
| 11 | She would mince about in her old fashioned winkle-picker shoes not knowing the first thing about dancing . |
| 12 | We assume that graduates will do and say things in a considered way and not proffer the first thing that occurs to them . |
| 13 | ( Thus a child who did not reach the first birthday is counted as zero year old ; from 12 completed months to 23 completed months as one year old , etc . ) |
| 14 | Not marrying the first man who asked |
| 15 | The treaty was never implemented , however , perhaps because the French could not raise the first instalment of the ransom in the six months specified , and in May 1359 the ‘ Second Treaty of London ’ was concluded . |
| 16 | Lord Hope did not accept the first submission on behalf of the pursuers , which was to the effect that when the completed application form was sent to the building society the pursuers had accepted an offer made by the society to consider the application , as , unlike in Hunter v General Accident Fire and Life Assurance Co , 19O9SC ( HL ) 3O , the building society in the present case had not given any undertaking to consider the application and were under no obligation to do so . |
| 17 | She was determined not to make the first move . |
| 18 | However , the areas he must address do not concern the first team alone . |
| 19 | do n't want the first wee of the mor |
| 20 | Everyone in the whole marine department just threw up their hands in horror and told me I was crazy , I did n't know the first thing about ships , the whole marine fleet would fall apart . |
| 21 | ‘ You do n't know the first thing about the business , woman . ’ |
| 22 | He had been told that he did n't know the first thing about it , that the young were all the same , destructive and careless , that Mrs Irving set a value on her privacy . |
| 23 | I 've been so hoping you would soon be ready to join Brownies , but how can I pass over to a Brownie Guider a girl who wo n't lend a hand without being given something first and who does n't know the first thing about being obedient ? ’ |
| 24 | And anyway , even if we ask them , I mean , even if they think we can do something about it , though Christ knows what , I do n't want a lot of knowalls who have n't got any kids and do n't know the first thing about them telling us what to do with ours — ’ |
| 25 | ‘ But I do n't know the first thing about being a dog , ’ young Anabelle pointed out . |
| 26 | ‘ I do n't know the first thing about anything , really . ’ |
| 27 | I do n't know the first thing about brochs . |
| 28 | Some of the people who talk about commitment do n't know the first thing about it . |
| 29 | You do n't know the first thing , do you ? " |
| 30 | You simply do n't know the first thing about marriage , do you ? |