Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [not/n't] [vb pp] [pers pn] [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 He seemed to have slid over nearer to me , though I had n't seen him move .
2 I had n't seen them carry her in from the car so it was a terrible shock for me .
3 And erm and I made the point that I tipped all your lot out of I said what and I had n't let them go in the classroom and I said it 's a new thing but I said they got their coats on they 're too macho to wear them that 's their problem , you know !
4 I had not seen him smoke before , and did not know he did .
5 He put his hands on her shoulders and kissed her , then held both her hands and smiled down at her as I had not seen him smile since I mentioned her name that night in the subway .
6 I think I had not heard him cry for six years .
7 I had nt seen him play much , but saw him last Monday playing for Man City .
8 He took his glasses off and put them on the table , and his eyes were dancing as she had n't seen them dance since the night he had revealed the identity of Miguelito .
9 She 'd been so engrossed that she had n't heard him come in .
10 She had not made them learn a definition of a sentence , which would be entirely inappropriate for this age group , nor did she ask them to complete meaningless exercises .
11 She had not heard him approach her .
12 Lost in her condemnation of the two young men at the table , she had not heard him come in .
13 She had not seen him arrive at her home , since she had not known who he was when they had encountered each other in the garden — but she had seen him leave .
14 She had no excuse for going into his part of the house and she had not seen him near the servants ’ quarters since that first afternoon .
15 Zach hesitated at first , but luckily someone who had n't seen him do any tap dancing egged him on .
16 The men who had not heard them arrive in the courtyard looked up in surprise .
17 If you had n't made me hate you , it might have gone on for months . ’
18 But we had n't seen him perform .
19 They had n't let him go home for nearly a week ; there was no way he could have coped with his freedom or his family .
20 If only they had not let her go out that night .
21 The house sighed , wishing it had not let him start .
22 He had not heard them pass him ; he had been too intent on watching the singer .
23 ‘ I did ask him why he had n't let me know on his way there that he would be coming later .
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