Example sentences of "[vb past] [not/n't] [vb pp] to a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Vincent — partly because of exhaustion — had not written to a soul in months . |
| 2 | Thus Verity , the generation construction engineer , replied to an enquiry in September 1949 as to why the engineers had not reacted to a draft contracts procedure sent to them six months ago : |
| 3 | At this there was a muted growl of support from those in the hall who had not succumbed to a heavy lunch . |
| 4 | Didier had not taken to a foreign language and was having trouble keeping up in class . |
| 5 | War or no war , the Government 's other business had not come to a halt . |
| 6 | If she had n't yielded to a guilty passion then she would have been a better wife to Denny . |
| 7 | ‘ If I had n't replied to a client for five months I would almost expect a visit from them in response to a complaint ! ’ |