Example sentences of "[verb] [not/n't] failed [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A nut-brown man by South Kensington standards , he is light-skinned in the West Indies : he is a Chinese Negro , who thinks of himself as a hakwai Chinee — hakwai , he explains , being ‘ Chinese for nigger ’ — and who has not failed to notice that Emily Brontë 's Heathcliff is rumoured to be the Emperor of China . |
| 2 | Erm the Board has not failed to follow up its very good work . |
| 3 | Perhaps he would wait until a baby was on the way , for Mrs Darne had not failed to notice that these days extramarital pregnancy , once a horrible disgrace , was often the loudly publicized occasion for a wedding , with the bride , far from ashamed of herself , carrying all proudly before her . |
| 4 | The bank had told the MPs in written evidence that it had not failed to carry out these duties . |
| 5 | Er , er my understanding to , to er about five minutes ago was that you were saying we have not failed to perform our legal obligations under clause nine , because clause nine er is either wholly or to be extent that it relates to the underwriting which we disapprove partially invalid out of being part of the erm , the anti competitive of erm the argument you 're pursuing . |
| 6 | Unless you have agreed that we may disclose information about your personal affairs ( or we are required by law to do so ) , such information will remain confidential to us provided you have not failed to repay us any money properly demanded from you ( see next bullet point b ) . |
| 7 | Here in Germany also , Panofsky 's English writings have not failed to have an effect . |
| 8 | The supporters have not failed to build on the promise shown last season ! |