Example sentences of "had not [adv] [vb pp] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The miners ' representatives had not even pressed for a free trade union , though they had demanded the removal of trade union officials whom they did not like or trust . |
| 2 | ‘ Twinky ’ , however , without question the fairest and most sporting player ever to don an Athletico shirt , was full of remorse and insisted that the referee , who had not even blown for a foul , send him off . |
| 3 | She leaned on the table — her head jutting forward , wisps of iron-grey hair sticking from beneath the cap which she had not yet changed for a wig — and asked Midnight : ‘ What do y'know of the Captain 's affairs ? |
| 4 | The proposals were received coolly by the African National Congress ( ANC ) whose deputy president , Nelson Mandela , warned that the time had not yet come for the lifting of sanctions . |
| 5 | Nonconformity 's dependence on laissez faire and , in the case of Methodism , on competition among five separate bodies , had not always worked for the best and there had been a lot of wasted effort . |