Example sentences of "had not [verb] [adv] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.

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1 However , even by the middle years of the nineteenth century an industrial city like Manchester had not expanded so far as to prevent its mill workers walking in the country on Sundays .
2 But matters had not gone as smoothly as all that .
3 They had not gone very far when a great brightness showed over the mountains beyond the forest , and suddenly in front of them they saw a beautiful young man , all dressed in gold , with a scarlet lining to his cloak .
4 He had not gone very far when the mysterious little girl suddenly appeared again , from the dry gully of a mountain stream .
5 Even then , he had not got as far as thinking what would be the music that introduced the News and all at once the screen was filled with a picture of his own house , a picture that nearly jolted him out of his skin .
6 They had not got as far as Bamburgh , being warned by scouts of an English reinforcement army from Newcastle on the march northwards , which could have caused complications .
7 That day , by way of the radio popolo the news of the rastrellamento spread like wildfire , but it had not spread as far as Eric 's farm .
8 She had not tried hard enough because she did not care enough .
9 She had n't complained too fiercely because that was not her nature , and also something told her that Camille undoubtedly ate other people 's parents ' mangoes with the same insouciance .
10 We had n't gone very far when we met up with another Lancaster returning from a Cook 's Tour , and to my horror the two aircraft then flew wing-tip to wing-tip all the way home .
11 We had n't gone as far as we would have liked , and it was touch and go until the very last moment , but we just squeezed past the point between Tanakeke island and the mainland .
12 They had n't walked very far when they came to a tiny dirt track off the road .
13 They had n't got as far as stating any intention on that subject — for the simple reason that marriage had n't been part of the plan .
14 Dysart nodded , considered the point for a moment then said : ‘ Some might say it was a sign she had n't recovered as well as we 'd hoped . ’
15 ‘ I had n't thought as far as that , ’ she said , quivering .
16 Maria questioned him , aware that his desire for her had n't died yet even if the need to respect himself again had dictated that he put an end to their affair .
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