Example sentences of "had not [verb] [to-vb] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was a declaration of sorts , however lightly made , and one which Dr Neil had not thought to make to any woman in any form , and before Sally-Anne could take in its full meaning he rapidly continued , ‘ And now let us stop providing entertainment for the passers-by . |
| 2 | I suppose that , as I myself had not started to smoke at that period of time , it was worse for me , just like garlic eaters . |
| 3 | He had not expected to pay for any drinks tonight . |
| 4 | I had n't planned to talk about this today . |
| 5 | ‘ I had n't planned to work at all . ’ |
| 6 | After all , she told herself in extenuation , this was the first thing she had ever done to please herself … but , said a small voice — ‘ but ’ is surely the most miserable little word in the English language — but … they had n't asked to come into this vale of tears … . |
| 7 | She had n't wanted to go at all . |
| 8 | She 'd known he 'd think that and that was one of the reasons why she had n't wanted to get into this conversation in the first place . |
| 9 | This was another reason she had n't wanted to get into this conversation . |
| 10 | He had n't wanted to try for many months after his return and rarely smiled or laughed . |
| 11 | We had a succession of God-awful nannies we could n't afford — Clemence 's books had n't started to sell at that point — but the upshot was that I left for work late , came home early . |
| 12 | She had looked into the midnight-dark eyes and it had n't seemed to matter at all that the plaza was a very busy place . |
| 13 | He could see that his life was n't at issue ; she had n't come to hear about that . |