Example sentences of "it had [not/n't] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Although the company had already agreed to continue paying existing pensioners , it had not made any commitment for past and present employees retiring now and in the future . |
2 | Soviet spokesmen could argue that although the USSR had for decades proselytised the notion of a national liberation or solidarity ‘ front ’ of Third World states , aligned at least politically to the Soviet bloc , it had not created regional groupings or coalitions of states militarily tied to the USSR or the Warsaw Pact and it had supported the opposition of the non-aligned states to military blocs . |
3 | It had not reached full strength until approximately 15 December 1949 ; the school system ( subdivision into Infantry Staff School , Korean Military Academy , Artillery Ordnance , Engineer , Quartermaster , Finance , Medical Schools ) comprised a solid foundation for the army and must be continued . |
4 | Ruling that the UK had breached international agreements , the judges dismissed the British government 's contention that it had not had enough time to meet standards set in 1975 . |
5 | The war had , of course , done considerable damage to Spain 's productive capacity , but it had not occasioned total collapse . |
6 | It had not left much time to arrange for a reception committee . |
7 | The Israeli government maintained that it had not encouraged Soviet Jews to settle in the occupied territories . |
8 | He kind of looked at me quizzically and he had either not heard it or it had n't made any impact on him … and he basically just kind of waved it off . ’ |
9 | It had n't made any difference . |
10 | I said Pete what are you talking about , you do n't know what my hair looks like , you know , thick or thin , it did n't er well it had n't made any difference at all basically , and he was agreeing , and everything you say he agrees . |
11 | Hewlett told Electronic News that it had n't seen any fall-off of interest in the HP9000 Series 1200 machines it buys OEM from Sequoia , but if it did , it could ‘ take over what it needed , whether that 's technology rights or manufacturing rights or whatever . ’ |
12 | Robyn asked coolly , aware that this was in danger of turning into a real humdinger of a slanging match — if it had n't achieved that status already ! |
13 | Lucy could only conclude that , whatever Charlie had been saying , it had n't included specific mention of her name . |
14 | This public assertion of my childhood 's usefulness stands side by side with the painful personal knowledge , I think the knowledge of all of us , going as far back as the story lets us , that it would have been better if it had n't happened that way , had n't happened at all . |
15 | It had n't worked that way . |
16 | Though he might have intended to remain cool and detached , unmoved , it had n't worked that way . |
17 | To be fair , Same-Lamborghini UK did say that it had n't had any complaints about lifting capacity here . |