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

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1 I sat up feeling strangely light-headed and carefree ; maybe I 'd not had much sleep , but at least I had beaten the organist , at least I 'd been spared the Magnificat on an empty stomach .
2 I had n't planned that and what funds I had were coming here to the States .
3 ‘ I got so angry at being accused of something I had n't done that I made it happen . ’
4 If I had n't done that I might have been shot in the eye and could have gone blind .
5 He was n't exactly nasty to me but I was only sixteen and I had n't done many interviews , and I was nervous .
6 I had n't done this amount of countryside rambling since I was drummed out of the Boy Scouts .
7 I had n't realised that before .
8 ‘ Oh , heavens ; I had n't realised that .
9 as if I had n't realised that already .
10 I had n't noticed this picture much while she was alive , but now she was dead it seemed as if her eyes sparkled with the same vitality that they had appeared to possess when I had seen her lying cold on her straw mattress a few days earlier .
11 Of course … except that I had n't noticed this .
12 I had n't noticed this .
13 As I say I ought to have had savvy enough , Edgeware Road , the first part of it , is purely commercial as you know , er er erm but I had n't realized that at the time .
14 ‘ Going back to that Monday — I had introduced my secretary to you and , up until the point where he asked if he could drive you back to your hotel , I had n't given any thought as to how you would get back there . ’
15 I had n't heard that .
16 I I must admit I had n't heard that one .
17 I had n't heard that , no .
18 Yeah Gosh did n't know , I had n't heard that
19 ‘ Yes , when I auditioned I had n't heard any music with Peter Gabriel . ’
20 I had n't heard any shouting so therefore I did n't believe that anybody else was having any problems .
21 I had n't amended that bit but I 'll amend it and sta and write up proper .
22 Now , I must confess I had n't seen much of Mr Wogan before I met him because , when I got my television set at Low Birk Hatt , Richard Megstone , the nice young gentleman who looked after the Youth Hostel in Baldersdale and kindly took care of my electrical things , said I had a choice — either BBC1 or Channel 4 .
23 I had n't seen any of these vids before the crisis came up . ’
24 I had n't seen any show yet — all the books seemed to imply I should have had one by now .
25 We replaced the police barrier to prevent a repetition of Sal 's sudden decision to travel sideways , although I had n't seen another car on the hill either time I 'd been there .
26 I had n't seen this , this , I call a child , which she was , excuse me , for about erm , twenty five years .
27 I 'm going to wish I had n't said that .
28 ( Looking back , I wish I had n't said that .
29 Took my letter off me said she 'll come back for it at dinner time because she wanted my bag , I mean like well I , I had n't said that .
30 If only I had n't said this , that or the other .
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