Example sentences of "n't [vb pp] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ This type of policy is n't limited to motor claims ’ |
| 2 | Of course she was glad she 'd had the opportunity to savour this experience , but it was also curiously frightening , because it was stirring something deep inside her that she had n't realised existed . |
| 3 | I 've written a great many books for children and some for adults about children ( several from both categories have caused a wave of national commotion ) , broadcasted , televised , been translated into every language including some I had n't realised existed — and what about a bizarre unidentifiable Japanese edition that is put out as one of my books , that for all I know is a codebook for terrorists or drug-runners ! |
| 4 | She has n't stopped complaining since that shopping centre went up , but , like , with people like that all you can do is listen and sympathize . |
| 5 | Joe , who had n't stopped to put anything on , was wearing only his long pants , his chest and feet bare . |
| 6 | If you had n't stopped to give me a lift this morning , I 'd still be shuffling along the road to Tangiers . ’ |
| 7 | And Jesus had n't stopped speaking , but even as he 's saying that the these people are gathering around him , the tax gatherers , the sinners , the undesirables of society , they 're gathering around him to hear what he 's got to say . |
| 8 | The talkative driver had n't stopped chatting from the moment Mark had entered the cab . |
| 9 | ‘ I have n't stopped trying yet . ’ |
| 10 | Organiser Rosemary Waters said : ‘ The phone has n't stopped ringing for credit card enquiries . |
| 11 | ‘ Because I never saw him before Monday and I have n't stopped seeing him since . |
| 12 | I mean , I just have n't stopped listening to Nirvana 's ‘ Nevermind ’ LP , and the guitars on that are very simple and grungy and effective . |
| 13 | They have n't stopped smiling for at least two decades , which suggests an extremely bad case of lockjaw . |
| 14 | I said , ‘ Sure , ’ called the guys up , they flew down from Sydney and we played and it was just like we had n't stopped doing the pubs ; it felt real good . |
| 15 | He obviously felt the same way , too , as we suddenly flung our arms around each other — we have n't stopped hugging since ! ’ |
| 16 | I bet the stallholder has n't stopped laughing . |
| 17 | Apart from the finer details of the carving , which she had n't stopped to note , all the doors looked alike . |
| 18 | Well no , but then that has n't stopped has it ? |
| 19 | He has n't stopped coming to see you , has he ? ’ |
| 20 | Since his appearance as bounty hunter Jack Walsh in 1988 's sorely underrated comedy Midnight Run , De Niro has n't stopped working . |
| 21 | But I have n't stopped going . |
| 22 | Mahoney felt exhausted , as if he had n't stopped talking since he sat down earlier that evening . |
| 23 | They have n't stopped talking about you since that day in the pool . ’ |
| 24 | He says : ‘ We just have n't stopped conceding ludicrous goals . |
| 25 | ‘ Your uncle , as you know , comes in at ten past twelve on the dot and Carrie a few minutes after , that is if she has n't stopped to gaze in the shops . |
| 26 | I could n't wait to finish at the studio that day so I could slip down the record shop to pick up a copy , and several months later I still have n't stopped playing it . |
| 27 | ‘ He won the European championship with Denmark in June , and has n't stopped playing since . |
| 28 | If whatever happened to Summerchild that year had n't happened — if he had n't been found lying with the garbage in Spring Gardens — if Millie had n't stopped playing in the orchestra — if I 'd gone on seeing her week by week — grown up with her — become easy with her — married her — then Timmy would still have a mother at home . |
| 29 | Markby hoped it was n't intended to imitate him . |
| 30 | He drew in his breath with elation , but he could see by the way she bit her lip that she had n't intended to let the confession slip . |