Example sentences of "had n't [vb pp] [adv] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had n't filled in a card for Anna , but somehow it was too much trouble . |
| 2 | Peter lashed out at his brother , missed , stumbled and would have fallen if Marc had n't shot out a hand to stop him . |
| 3 | The wife of one prominent member of the British community in Seoul said : ‘ We would have hoped she 'd have picked something she had n't worn just a week ago . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I could n't have lived with myself if I had n't put up a fight on behalf of the men . ’ |
| 5 | In answer to the reporters ' questions as to why he had n't put up a defence for Mitchum , Geisler said , ‘ The evidence was in the transcript . |
| 6 | ‘ Rexroth 's review said that as the band had n't shown up a pick-up band was assembled from members of the audience , who just banged pots and pans and made odd noises . |
| 7 | He was n't certain that Emily had n't forged ahead a stage or two . |
| 8 | It might have continued like this indefinitely if I had n't picked up a copy of the Kensington News , a paper Daphne took so she could find out what was showing at the local picture house . |