Example sentences of "[vb past] [not/n't] [vb pp] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although they discovered they had hardly a single taste in common , he was nonetheless a witty and amusing host and she found herself laughing in a way she had not done for a considerable time . |
| 2 | He had thought that children were supposed to be sharp and un-sentimental and though Emmie had not written in a sentimental way exactly , she had written about her family as if they were perfect . |
| 3 | The kind of music she had not heard for a long time . |
| 4 | At this there was a muted growl of support from those in the hall who had not succumbed to a heavy lunch . |
| 5 | She said she had been released half a mile away on a misty common and had not eaten for a long time . |
| 6 | But she had not bargained for a complete refusal to attend . |
| 7 | One of the president 's earliest and most loyal supporters on the Hill says , privately , that those among his constituents who , until 1992 , had not voted for a Democratic presidential candidate for 16 years think they have been tricked . |
| 8 | People asked exoneration from a mistake made by a group to which they belonged-the nation-not in individual innocence but in membership of a different and more immediate community that had acted well , a state that had not voted for a dishonest president . |
| 9 | This new town , a product of modern civilization , had grown up near the ancient Egdon Woods , where the paths over the hills had not changed for a thousand years . |
| 10 | ‘ I had not worked for a few months so I was ready to do something , ’ is how he explains his reasons for doing it . |
| 11 | Unfortunately , the season had not passed without a black mark against Huddersfield 's reputation . |
| 12 | Didier had not taken to a foreign language and was having trouble keeping up in class . |
| 13 | As Mr Cardinal had indicated , M. Dupont had not arrived in a good temper ; I can not recall now all the various things that had upset him since his arrival in England a few days previously , but in particular he had obtained some painful sores on his feet while sightseeing around London and these , he feared , were growing septic . |
| 14 | Nevertheless the subordination of science to theology had not resulted in a sterile fusion . |
| 15 | There was widespread relief that the wave of accusations of corruption against the government had not resulted in a military takeover . |
| 16 | She lost him then and had to search and found him eventually curled up amid the wiring in the back of the record-player where he had n't hidden for a long time , not since two dark-haired people who were into black magic had come to dinner and he had disappeared for half a day until she found his secret hole . |
| 17 | " You do n't know what your talking about , " Katherine began , experiencing a deep burning rage that she had n't felt for a long time , a rage all the more intense because she knew she could do nothing about it . |
| 18 | But then she had n't packed with a hectic night-life in mind , had she ? |
| 19 | There was an expression on her face I had n't seen in a long time . |
| 20 | He made himself a mixed grill , something he had n't had for a long time , and followed it with real coffee . |
| 21 | If she had n't yielded to a guilty passion then she would have been a better wife to Denny . |
| 22 | So Harriet had n't worked at a regular job . |
| 23 | He had n't shaved for a few days and a sickly smell clung to his clothes and hair . |
| 24 | She read the first page of a review copy of the new novel by a Royal Shakespeare Company actor and put it down again when she realized she had n't taken in a single word . |
| 25 | I noticed how happy people were , which was something I had n't known for a long time . |