Example sentences of "[noun prp] had [not/n't] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ronni nodded , glad to discover that Jeff had n't sold out . |
| 2 | Benny usually went home around four-thirty unless the boss offered him some overtime , and Joe Maitland had not arrived back from his buying trip . |
| 3 | The party strengths in the House of Commons after all these by-elections ( excluding the Speaker and the Chairman and two Deputy Chairmen of Ways and Means ) were : Conservatives 369 , Labour 228 , Liberal Democrats 21 , OUP 9 , SNP 5 , social democrats 3 [ see below ] , Plaid Cymru 3 , SDLP 3 , DUP 3 , UPUP 1 , and Sinn Féin 1 ( although Adams had not taken up his seat as Sinn Féin MP ) . |
| 4 | If it had n't been so hot , if there had been no row the night before , if Dennis had n't passed out , if I 'd fallen asleep , if any of the others had been there , if Karen had come back later , if she 'd gone straight to the pool rather than taken a shower , if any or all of these had been the case , then intercourse would not have occurred . |
| 5 | The first accused Washington of backing the failed coup ; the second , complaining of the Bush ‘ wimp factor ’ , said the United States had not done enough . |
| 6 | But Eleanor had n't finished yet . |
| 7 | But she said that Lucy had n't gone out . |
| 8 | She was grateful that Sylvie had not taken up the Princesse 's invitation to join them for the holidays and , a little guiltily , that Leo had n't either . |
| 9 | Travis had n't looked round , nor did he now . |
| 10 | Clearly Balliol had not caught up with the decimated decoy party . |
| 11 | Blanche could imagine her weeping with her son over his confession but , like Marek , she was a little puzzled that Tatyana had not shown even a spark of joy at the revenge he had taken . |
| 12 | Edward had not come back from the construction firm at David with anything saved up , but then , she had hardly expected him to . |
| 13 | Tilda had not gone straight onto Rochester . |
| 14 | Wishing that Mrs Wallington had not staggered up all the stairs with a heavy breakfast tray when her guest was unlikely to be able to eat anything very much , Julia called out , ‘ Come in . ’ |
| 15 | Beneath the small screen was an intricate keyboard system , although nothing Rex had n't seen before . |
| 16 | One day in the shop she 'd been waiting for Malcolm 's girlfriend and partner , Vivienne Westwood — they 'd been planning to go somewhere but Vivienne had n't turned up , she 'd phoned to tell this American girl that . |
| 17 | ‘ What 's going on ? ’ asked a voice Cornelius had n't heard before . |
| 18 | Edwina Currie had rejected his advances ( ‘ What sort of girl do you think I am ? ’ ) while Emma Nicholson had not caught exactly what it was he had proposed . |
| 19 | If Claudius had not spoken so cleverly to him . |
| 20 | But Benny had not grown up expecting life to be totally perfect . |
| 21 | Patsy 's brother Dennis also played for the club and did not appreciate the secretary 's habitual greeting : ‘ with me bleedin ’ ribs pokin ’ out of me skin , breakin ’ me neck to get at that six and eight ’ ( the initial sum dispensed by the Secretary ) , Dennis Hendren had not wintered well ’ and did not believe Middlesex looked after its players out of season . |
| 22 | ‘ What about his parents ? — they 'll worry , ’ protested Leith , remembering the occasions when Sebastian had n't come home at night , and how her mother had gone almost hairless . |
| 23 | He seems to have intended to rule Norway , like Swegen , through the earls of Lade , and his dominion there would doubtless have been more secure if Earl Hakon had not died prematurely and without issue . |
| 24 | To this was added the proviso that the GLC had not acted arbitrarily and had considered both its duties to the ratepayers and the statutory duties imposed by the 1969 Act on it and on the LTE . |
| 25 | Shannon had n't looked closely at what he was wearing , but it was a fair bet he 'd choose the kind of ski-clothes favoured in the jet-set resorts . |
| 26 | The second Lady Deverill , also riding side-saddle and turned out in a quite immaculate habit , pulled up alongside Artemis on a bay Artemis had n't seen before . |
| 27 | Chantal had not said how she now felt about Philippe Chaumont , and he felt unable to ask . |
| 28 | Elisabeth had not walked over to the Villa with the other guests , but lagged behind . |
| 29 | Whatever else they had sent , the south of England had not supported Siward with an army . |
| 30 | And his imperious , impeccably calm style of leadership on the football field epitomised an era of supremacy that England had not experienced before — or since . |