Example sentences of "[pron] [not/n't] [vb pp] [det] " in BNC.

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1 Why had I not felt this when she was there ?
2 Have I not explained that ? ’
3 If this is correct , why was I not given any indication that this was a possibility ?
4 Some discernment she had , however , for had she not made most complimentary remarks about his filets de sole Murat ?
5 For had she not experienced all of these emotions as she had watched Johnny walk through the garage wall ?
6 For had she not earned such curses ?
7 Have you not heard any more about it ?
8 Have you not heard any more about it ?
9 Have you not seen those ?
10 ‘ Have you not read that restraint of profits is just as important as wage restraint ?
11 Have you not had much energy recently ?
12 But have we not seen this all before in Witness when Harrison Ford tries to assimilate with the Amish ?
13 Negotiations with the landlords regarding a reduction of their rent demand of £100,000 per annum have been unsuccessful , and had we not used this break clause we would have been committed to the new conditions of the lease way into the twenty-first century .
14 The public at home would have been rightly outraged had we not taken this action , while the lessons that would have been drawn by other countries overseas were incalculable .
15 Have we not spent half the night listening to a plan of almost inconceivable fiendishness ? ’
16 Had we not pursued that policy , the position could have been worse . ’
17 It is worth noting that had they not scored those four goals the game would have been drawn .
18 Had they not had such a resource at their disposal some might have had to forego particular orders , others might have been obliged to withdraw entirely from certain markets , whilst still others would have been less willing to innovate with new products offering chances of survival or expansion .
19 So is it not detailed enough for you or or ?
20 Another ‘ Carry On ’ film — Carry on Regardless , which seemed to offer nothing new and might have died a death at the box office had it not had those magic first two words in the title which by now assured a box office hit .
21 But with the Paris Angels due to play their first Irish show soon , is he not worried that ‘ Scope 's sleeve ( depicting a cross ) might cause offence ?
22 But with the Paris Angels due to play their first Irish show soon , is he not worried that ‘ Scope 's sleeve ( depicting a cross ) might cause offence ?
23 For had he not lost that woman 's love in death ?
24 Why had he not excised this passage ?
25 Why had he not considered that possibility ?
26 An indication as to what his position would logically have had to be , had he not held these false presuppositions , is evident from his discussion of the validity of baptism when administered by a woman .
27 He might have made a significant contribution to the public life of this country had he not been totally overshadowed by his illustrious father and had he not had such a burning desire to shine as bright or even brighter .
28 Had he not experienced this for himself , that God 's word and Spirit had worked powerfully in his own life ?
29 I 've just spent six months in Cottonvale and I mean its degrading , I mean cos your locked up in a cell from eight o'clock at night till six o'clock in the morning and your not got any toilet facilities you 've got to use a potty if you want to go to the toilet and it is degrading , I mean there 's people in there , well I was a first offender the first time I was in , but I mean there 's people in there seventeen year old that have n't a clue about life in general and it is degrading for them .
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