Example sentences of "[vb past] not [vb pp] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I made it clear on a number of occasions over recent years that there was , in retrospect , one change that I wish we had not made at the time , but it was one that was urged on us by right hon. Gentlemen opposite . |
| 2 | She said she had not complained at the paratroopers ' barracks because she knew she would be in trouble for being out of bounds . |
| 3 | His three spinster daughters , whom he had not registered at the parish church in any way , were all baptised as adults at Badcox . |
| 4 | In this connection , it was noted that France had not participated at the Military Committee meeting ( having remained outside the NATO joint military structure since 1966 ) , but had decided in March to join a working party created at the July 1990 NATO summit [ see p. 37599 ] to consider the strategic implications of the changed world situation . |
| 5 | At the final endoscopy , 934 ( 97.1% ) of the 962 patients whose duodenal ulcers had not healed at the two week endoscopy had taken their medication regularly , 15 ( 1.6% ) had taken medication irregularly , and information was lacking for 13 ( 1.4% ) patients . |
| 6 | If the Justice of the Forest discovered that a wood was without a woodward , or that a woodward had not taken the oath or had not appeared at the Forest Eyre to be sworn , or neglected his duty , or committed trespasses in the forest , the wood in question was seized for the king , but the owner was usually allowed to recover it on payment of a fine . |
| 7 | Why , Alyssia thought , she had not jumped at the idea the moment it was suggested was anybody 's guess . |
| 8 | He also noted how photographs could contain details the photographer had not observed at the time that the lens was focused and the exposure was made . |
| 9 | He had not known at the time that they were officers of the law . |
| 10 | I explained that I had not entered at the right time because I had been a hostage in Iraq . |
| 11 | During the summer when there was not even a blade of green grass in the paddock , her feed of oats and other goodies became inordinately important to her , to the extent that one day when her dinner had not arrived at the usual time she began to paw at the fence in anxiety . |
| 12 | McKenzie had told him that he had not looked at the videos or magazines for some years before the assault and felt they played no part in his behaviour . |
| 13 | Rufus had not looked at the picture for years . |
| 14 | It would be surprising if Tolkien had not looked at the calm face of Tollund Man , or the hideously frightened one of ‘ Queen Gunhild ’ ( all too obviously still struggling as she was pinned down alive ) , and reflected that these were the true lineaments of his pagan ancestors . |
| 15 | ‘ I had n't realised at the time how tough it was , ’ he admits . |
| 16 | Yet , given time , he could roll back any given scene like a film and look at it again , stopping and starting the images at will , examining areas and details that he had n't noticed at the time . |
| 17 | Till this moment she had n't looked at the river . |
| 18 | He had been through it before and had already told the Captain he was sure that was the car , though he had n't looked at the driver and front passenger , having been distracted by the map and by watching the traffic coming from all three directions because he wanted to cross over . |