Example sentences of "[noun prp] had n't [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jean had n't long passed her driving test and I tried to help by pointing out when she should be moving up through the gears . |
| 2 | Johnny had n't even flinched at the insult . |
| 3 | So far Walt had n't even looked round to see who it was . |
| 4 | Maggie had n't even taken notes , and most of Mitch 's shots seemed to be for pleasure . |
| 5 | Christopher had n't even had any breakfast . |
| 6 | TWW had n't long lost the franchise at the time and the early plans by Harlech , as they were then unwisely called , for news presentation in Bristol just were n't working out . |
| 7 | Vern had n't even reacted . |
| 8 | It was her misfortune , Guy reflected briefly , that Matilda had n't also inherited the Conqueror 's skill at diplomacy . |
| 9 | However , his family was extremely tolerant , unlike Vincent 's — even though Rappard had n't yet earned a cent from his art . |
| 10 | Jessamy had n't really expected he would . |
| 11 | Probably Jordan had n't really spoken at all , he was a kind of doppelganger telling Coffin not only what he ought to do , but what he also knew . |
| 12 | When asked why Limpar had n't even made the bench , manager George Graham replied tersely : ‘ Because he was n't selected . ’ |
| 13 | In the early days I had been a bit disappointed that the NUJ had n't immediately leapt to John 's defence , but ever since I had first been to see the General Secretary , Harry Conroy , and his assistant , Tom Nash , the union had done what it could to respond to what was asked of them . |
| 14 | God had n't fully maintained His help to keep condescension from her tone or to prepare her for the answer when it came : ‘ Yes , I went to school , ma'am . |
| 15 | ‘ And it appeared to me that Casey had n't even picked up what he had said . |
| 16 | They had been shocked to hear that the policy was to do nothing , and I was astonished that the FO had n't even bothered to disguise the fact . |
| 17 | Oh , no , she prayed silently , surely Peter had n't blithely handed over one of the family heirlooms ? |
| 18 | Belinda had n't even managed to get out there to put all her packages beneath the tree yet . |
| 19 | It came from the paper 's Atticus column , and was a couple of years old — it looked as if Bill had n't yet got round to filing the latest news on Puddephat . |
| 20 | Yet Connors had n't even hinted at it . |
| 21 | ‘ Right , ’ he said , and then grabbed a cable and slid through a gap Masklin had n't even noticed was there . |
| 22 | Masklin had n't quite trusted any of it . |
| 23 | Filmer had n't even glanced at me , still less had known me . |
| 24 | If he 'd been on the train and had walked with the other racegoers towards the station , Filmer could have seen him through the window … and just the sight of him had caused the tensing of the neck muscles … and if Filmer had n't yet paid him for whatever … then he would come back to the train … |
| 25 | Again , Newton had n't even drawn breath when Don Howe masterminded Arsenal 's double triumph in 1971 , but his sure touch and attention to detail is just as evident today . |
| 26 | Coleby had n't really changed for all his success . |
| 27 | ‘ Ward had n't even written the fucking book , I swear to God . ’ |
| 28 | And , though Isabel had n't really pictured a face , she had known that he would be gently bred , slender , a little taller than herself , perhaps , and handsomely clad in the raiment suited to his station . |
| 29 | The ‘ Russian spy ’ role was hung ( briefly ) on blood-boltered number one banditman Colonel Ghaddafi himself but … erm , Pamella had n't even met him , either . |
| 30 | That 's put you in your place , my girl ; Roman had n't even enquired how she was — their lovemaking had already vanished into limbo as far as he was concerned . |