Example sentences of "had not [vb pp] that [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Would he have listened to her then , if she had not flung that furious retort at him before they were confronted by Ralf ? |
| 2 | Bartlett 's recall may be elusive , while the popular Roland Lefebvre is left pondering sadly on what might have been if he had not suffered that pre-season arm injury in a misplaced prank involving Sussex 's Brad Donelan . |
| 3 | She said she had not heard that British scientists wanted to return him to Arctic waters , but warned that going back to cold temperatures , coupled with the need to hunt for food again , would be fatal . |
| 4 | ‘ I came , I saw , I was conquered , to mistranslate the mighty Caesar , ’ Hope went on , puffing a little uphill — curious that his heavy exercises did not make country walking more comfortable — and hoping that Mr Crump had not heard that hackneyed quip too often — ‘ and who could resist the lake , the hills , the trees , the flowers , the birds . ’ |
| 5 | I had not realised that other sites had been considered , including Merthyr . |
| 6 | And in the recent article he had read on the subject , even the sergeant in charge of the course had not believed that any woman would take his one piece of infallible advice . |
| 7 | In my innocence I had not imagined that such Machiavellian schemes could be devised , let alone carried out . |
| 8 | Yes , but Omi had n't , Erika thought , she had not forgotten that handsome officer who had courted her all those inconceivable years ago . |
| 9 | If only my father had not chosen that very moment to ask Anne to dance , then what ? |
| 10 | The group who face the most difficulty getting adequately trained are women doctors , and they made their voices heard at the conference despite the organisers admitting with startling candour that they had not anticipated that this issue would arise . |
| 11 | She had n't imagined that this woman could be at all assertive , but she was being exactly that now , and Alain had so far said nothing at all . |
| 12 | It would be easy enough to envy him if she had n't seen that terrible mark on his shoulder — — he 'd taught her to read those letters . |
| 13 | ‘ If you had n't bumped that sodding Angel there 'd have been another murder this afternoon , ’ said Perdita sulkily . |
| 14 | F'r instance , he had n't attacked that smooth-faced kid in the other big room , the kid whose mask he once snatched , the kid who lasered Biff 's hand , the kid whose cronies dragged Crackpot away to a fiery torment . |
| 15 | ‘ If you had n't told that stupid story to Sybil and upset her , I would n't have done it to you . |