Example sentences of "[noun sg] had not [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her soldier had n't moved a muscle . |
| 2 | And this is one of the reasons for a fundamental element in the Benedictine tradition : the independence of each abbey from every other : an independence only mitigated in early days by the right of the bishop to visit — where the monastery had not asserted a right to be exempt from the bishop — and , from the thirteenth century on , by the formation of congregations of houses to establish some kind of common action , control and system of visitation . |
| 3 | And the State Department said sure , you know , cos they did n't have a deadline , the president had n't given a deadline . |
| 4 | The Northern Echo reported last week that Darlington Council had not made a contribution to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the opening of the North Road railway station . |
| 5 | The self-inflicted pain goaded him into a furious spasm , but as he strained and thrashed against the wicker walls in the darkness all he achieved was the sense that the basket had not yielded a millimetre . |
| 6 | Had it happened in Britain there would have been uproar if the judge had n't recommended a minimum of 20 years in jail for such a case . ’ |
| 7 | Though from the way she remembered it , she had been so eager to be his that shyness had n't had a look in ! |
| 8 | defence insurers argued against the order 14 summons on two counts ; first the plaintiff could not obtain summary judgement because there were two defendants and one might escape liability ; secondly the first defendant sought leave to amend his defence to argue contributory negligence because the plaintiff had not worn a seat belt . |
| 9 | But back at WHS headquarters , Sir Malcolm seemed unperturbed by the commentaries , pointing out that the group had not had a reduction in profits for ‘ many , many years ’ . |
| 10 | A police spokeswoman said an incident room had been set up at West Hendon police station but that the investigation had not become a murder inquiry . |
| 11 | The United States argued that Nicaragua had not made a valid declaration under Article 36 ( 2 ) , since the Registry of the Permanent Court had not received a notification of deposit of its ratification of the Protocol of Signature of the Statute . |
| 12 | A National Consumer Council report suggests that only 31% of council and housing associations tenants were satisfied with the way in which their complaints were handled , and that one in six tenants dissatisfied with the service provided by their landlord had not made a complaint at all . |
| 13 | But could she have known that her father had not made a will ? |
| 14 | If his father had n't suggested a holiday ? |
| 15 | It took about a minute to get the rifle in place and my head in the correct position , cheek by stock , and still the beast had n't moved a millimetre . |
| 16 | ‘ That dog had n't got a collar on . ’ |
| 17 | In fact , if Matilda 's messenger had n't carried a letter to the Queen explaining the ‘ unfortunate misunderstanding ’ that had resulted in Isabel 's ‘ ill-considered ’ flight from Gloucester with fitzAlan 's assistance , she was quite sure William of Ypres would have clapped her into prison until he had verified her story for himself . |
| 18 | The state had not elected a Republican governor since the Reconstruction period which had followed the Civil War . |
| 19 | This man had not become a Jew , probably because of his position within the Roman army . |
| 20 | However , the ANC expressed grave concern that the government had not given a timetable beyond step two of their plan . |
| 21 | Miss Karen Gilroy , organiser of the Northallerton CT Scanner Appeal launched in October 1990 , said she was ‘ disappointed ’ the Friarage Hospital had not had a share of the health department package . |
| 22 | Richards insisted he was not pressurizing the umpire but doing a celebratory dance , which seemed odd since as the umpire had not raised a finger at the time he had nothing to celebrate . |
| 23 | Provost John Cunningham admitted that Main had not possessed a commission as watchman and was indeed an extraordinary officer employed only when there was work for him to perform , but there seems little reason to doubt that Main 's removal was intended to serve the political interest of the Haldanes , for his removal was not an isolated case , and , moreover , when the Hamilton salt works resumed operations the excise supervisors did not in fact restore Main to his old post , but appointed an individual named Curinan to the vacancy . |
| 24 | City had not won a League game at Portman Road for 30 years , and had not scored in their last seven visits , but the jinx looked to have come to an end when Gary Flitcroft 's first senior goal for the club gave them a 37th minute lead . |
| 25 | structures , their possibilities I mean at one stage they would have been at a certain level had n't got a landlord their income but that 's within one particular moral economy , now the idea here is to break that down , you know , just get rid of the circle altogether . |
| 26 | There were also procedural shortcomings in that the company had not applied a length of service test , ie , ‘ last in , first out ’ , or given consideration to downgrading Ms Porter . |
| 27 | This patient had not undergone a sphincterotomy before the insertion of the endoprosthesis . |
| 28 | The Imperial survey had not cited a continent which was more or less populated than any of the others . |
| 29 | It was a job he seemed to be going after with a vengeance , despite the fact that the sizzling summer temperatures did n't exactly encourage the use of much firewood , and the lodge had not had a winter season for nearly ten years . |
| 30 | In order to obtain a republic , Nkrumah announced a popular referendum , though others taking this step had not considered a referendum necessary . |