Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [not/n't] [vb pp] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'd put the new tyre on , but I had n't tightened up the wheel . ’ |
| 2 | I discussed my feelings with the woman in question and I slept with her , but I deeply regretted it later on and was sorry that I had n't weighed up the consequences more thoroughly beforehand . |
| 3 | I guess that if I had n't taken up the trenchcoat and fedora to walk the alleyways of history as the greatest detective of them all , I might well have become a poet . |
| 4 | I treated myself to a night in the Ceilidh Place ; I had not given up the habit of including the dangly earrings and the flowery trousers in the rucksack . |
| 5 | I 've not fixed up the date yet . |
| 6 | You will appreciate that as Chairman I have not given up the fight to get as much financial aid and help as is possible to keep our heads above water ; we must fight to keep all that we hold dear and promote the Medau that we all benefit from both in health and fitness , and as teachers , financially . |
| 7 | I have not worked out the exact link but the motto on all silver is same and ditto some old aunts in the west of Ireland perhaps by now dead ) . |
| 8 | As I said I had one quiff from Jane that was erm because somebody had n't filled in the date by which it was agreed that the Client should get a reply and suggestion was that the procedure should be changed should be non compliance , erm and then the rest of this is based on a suggestion from Rita , and I have several here now , erm . |
| 9 | It does not necessarily follow that any individual who has not taken on the attitude of the generalized other is any less complete than the person who has and acts accordingly . |
| 10 | And she has not ruled out the prospect of having another baby , according to royal sources . |
| 11 | She was glad now that she had n't put up the lights . |
| 12 | She had n't switched off the light . |
| 13 | This time she had n't picked up the thread automatically . |
| 14 | And she just knew that , if she had not brought up the subject of Tony , he would have invited her to join him in his walk along the shore . |
| 15 | I yeah , you done a bit today , you have n't worn out the bed have you ? |
| 16 | ‘ You have n't filled in the bit about union membership , ’ she said . |
| 17 | ‘ We have not ruled out the possibility she was struck in the face with a weapon . ’ |
| 18 | Mr Lilley said : ‘ We have not worked out the number of staff reductions . |
| 19 | However , when they had used HP , they had often got into trouble over it , usually because they had n't kept up the payments . |
| 20 | I just wish they had n't boarded up the windows . |
| 21 | It can be seen that this was a way of ‘ blaming the victim ’ : it seems as though the young person had failed to find a job because they had not filled in the application form properly or were too untidy , rather than because there were not enough jobs . |
| 22 | It was also evident that they had not weighed up the consequences . |
| 23 | Union leaders of the largest union in the Fox F M area are warning that they have n't ruled out the possibility of taking strike action in pursuit of their pay claim . |
| 24 | The parents can now be fined up to a thousand pounds for the children , because they have n't carried out the instructions of the court . |
| 25 | ‘ Well , they have n't linked up the three incidents . |
| 26 | ‘ However , they have not ruled out the possibility of fish farms on streams that drain into the lake , which could be harmful if their waste enters the lough waters . |
| 27 | They have not handed over the arguments to be articulated by lawyers and scientists even now that they have taken the city and the tannery to court in a law-suit claim for $31 million . |
| 28 | He has n't given up the practice but he 's , he 's still a partner and he does a large weekend duty for us all |
| 29 | Ludens will bring Marcus here , he should show up any moment , I hope he has n't messed up the car ! ’ |
| 30 | he has n't broken down the mileage into how it 's assigned . |