Example sentences of "it had not [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 .
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