Example sentences of "had not [verb] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In brief , it would seem that Anselm , like many reformers , had not reckoned with the solid weight of inertia on most matters , and positive dissent on others . |
| 2 | Although this seemed a wise decision at the time , it was anything but wise in the long run , as we had not reckoned on the dramatic rise in house prices . |
| 3 | Nevertheless , in early agricultural societies that had not developed into totalitarian welfare states child-rearing assumed a new and crucial importance which it had not possessed in the primeval hunter-gatherer societies ( except perhaps by default : that is , by not really existing as a means of cultural repression ) . |
| 4 | As Tower Hamlets had not consented to the proposed user Chetnik were prohibited during the material period from allowing the warehouses to be occupied . |
| 5 | As David Griffiths ( 1970 ) points out , these two élite factions had not met since the notorious Bonnington Conference in 1948 when war between two views of drama educators was openly declared . |
| 6 | Not surprisingly , 68% of owner-directors said that their financial or material rewards had not increased over the past 12 months ; 65% now work over 50 hours a week , 38% have considered disposal over the past year , and over half have injected extra funds . |
| 7 | Although they discovered they had hardly a single taste in common , he was nonetheless a witty and amusing host and she found herself laughing in a way she had not done for a considerable time . |
| 8 | He also became very defensive and threatened human visitors in a way that he had not done before the young were born . |
| 9 | What if Christ had not risen from the dead , and religion was mere hocus-pocus ? |
| 10 | Eugenius then tried to dissolve the Council he had not wanted in the first place . |
| 11 | But let us think about what would have happened if the Allies had not retaliated to the indiscriminate bombing of this country and the dive bombing tactics of the Luftwaffe on refugees on the continent . |
| 12 | He had thought that children were supposed to be sharp and un-sentimental and though Emmie had not written in a sentimental way exactly , she had written about her family as if they were perfect . |
| 13 | The students ' performance on the problem based and lecture courses were not found to correlate with their preference for type of course , and those who had not volunteered for the new pathway did as well as those who had , even on the problem based sections of the new curriculum . |
| 14 | These were considerations that could not be ignored by a Conservative leader , Austen Chamberlain had been toppled in 1922 because he had not withdrawn from an unpopular coalition in time ; and one of the motives for the destruction of the Lloyd George coalition was a desire to replace it by a protectionist government . |
| 15 | In February 1991 , ANSTO confirmed that talks had not progressed beyond the preliminary stage . |
| 16 | The kind of music she had not heard for a long time . |
| 17 | In one recent survey of income support claimants in Bradford , Asian respondents made up nine out of ten of those who had not heard of the Social Fund ( Craig , 1991 ) . |
| 18 | It revealed most black and ethnic minority households interviewed in south east Hampshire had not heard of the local council 's SSD . |
| 19 | The more natural meaning seems to me to be , ‘ at starting in the profession , ’ for it will be observed that these words are used by the testator in reciting a prior promise made when the testator had not heard of the proposed marriage with Ellen Nicholl , or , so far as appears , heard of any proposed marriage . |
| 20 | John Charlton had not moved since the first encounter . |
| 21 | At this there was a muted growl of support from those in the hall who had not succumbed to a heavy lunch . |
| 22 | The fact that the Queen was pro-German would have been particularly hurtful to the Emperor personally , for only he had not succumbed to the general enthusiasm for a war he had never wanted and for which he feared the country was ill-prepared . |
| 23 | She said she had been released half a mile away on a misty common and had not eaten for a long time . |
| 24 | In this connection , it was noted that France had not participated at the Military Committee meeting ( having remained outside the NATO joint military structure since 1966 ) , but had decided in March to join a working party created at the July 1990 NATO summit [ see p. 37599 ] to consider the strategic implications of the changed world situation . |
| 25 | On Oct. 6 the court sentenced 11 of the men including the MTP leader , Roberto Felicetti , and two of the women to life imprisonment for murder , wounding , robbery and rebellion , with the possibility of release after 25 years for good behaviour ; the remaining seven , including the priest , Fr Juan Antonio Puigjane , an MTP leader who had not participated in the actual attack , were sentenced to terms of between 10 and 20 years ' imprisonment for complicity . |
| 26 | The membership of the Commission comprised four members from each of Greece and Turkey , and three members from States that had not participated in the First World War . |
| 27 | There seemed to be a lot of faces I had not noticed in the original team . |
| 28 | So far they had not ventured beyond the great boundary walls ; many times Ana came with them and this was allowed after Felipe noticed Maggie 's protective attitude to the girl and the gentle way that Mitch dealt with her . |
| 29 | The home owner had not waited for the bureaucratic processes to be completed ; she had acted out of the goodness of her heart . |
| 30 | the prodigal son , but you also have the second part of that which is almost a separate story of , the son who had not gone into the far country . |