Example sentences of "had not [vb pp] [v-ing] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had not intended changing for the evening , country inns being the right setting for good tweed suits ; but now she took her time about dressing , and chose a very austere frock in a dark russet-orange shade that touched off the marmalade lights in her eyes . |
| 2 | If Nellie had n't gone looking for the children … |
| 3 | ‘ Then how do you explain this ? ’ he said , reaching for a folder that she had n't noticed lying at the end of the settee . |
| 4 | The talkative driver had n't stopped chatting from the moment Mark had entered the cab . |
| 5 | If whatever happened to Summerchild that year had n't happened — if he had n't been found lying with the garbage in Spring Gardens — if Millie had n't stopped playing in the orchestra — if I 'd gone on seeing her week by week — grown up with her — become easy with her — married her — then Timmy would still have a mother at home . |
| 6 | She had n't forgotten going to the pictures with Vernon to see The Song of Bernadette . |