Example sentences of "[pron] had not [verb] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That 's when I started trying to get you back ; I knew I had n't got long to do it . ’ |
| 2 | For a moment she regretted that she had n't tried harder to dissuade Rob from his plan . |
| 3 | She had n't managed even to soften him , let alone subjugate him , and that rankled unbearably . |
| 4 | There was a reaction against ( Conservative ) government unpreparedness for war in the 1930s and against those who had not done more to solve the nation 's problems during the Depression . |
| 5 | So we just stayed anywhere and if you had n't got anywhere to go |
| 6 | It had n't taken long to make a fool of herself . |
| 7 | It had n't taken long to determine that the plane had been sabotaged . |
| 8 | ‘ It had n't got long to go , this ox , ’ she commented . |
| 9 | Mr Arnold questioned why he had not tried harder to set up a system for receiving such information more swiftly . |
| 10 | One thing was clear , though , from that stealthiness of Adam 's : he had n't come here to ask Ben Hesketh for the cup . |
| 11 | He had n't come here to bring her a birthday present ! |