Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] [verb] not a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When she could hear not a sound she went swiftly from her room , through the sitting-room , and into the bathroom . |
| 2 | When she goes to parties she will wear not a party frock but a summer frock with a bow at the neck and a tie round the waist . |
| 3 | Though one would think not a morsel had passed her lips for months . |
| 4 | She would tell him all about her not being Cara Kingsdale , but , of the stupid idiot Fabia Kingsdale who had fallen head over heels in love with him , he would hear not a thing . |
| 5 | However , the most striking difference is that it would see not a motion picture , but a succession of still frames , rather like a slide show . |