Example sentences of "not [vb pp] he [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hurley had not forgiven him for the loss of Syrian George , and he was still under heavy pressure from Washington to show results , but in general Coleman made sure they got along for the sake of his back-channel reports to MC/10 Control . |
| 2 | Paul had not recognized him in the porter 's uniform . |
| 3 | His knowledge of foreign issues was limited and Roosevelt had not consulted him in the brief period that Truman held the vice-presidency . |
| 4 | That old bugger Grunte had not included him in the invitation to dine at some poncy joint called La Noblesse , the smartest part of the Hospitality Inn . |
| 5 | ‘ Then since you accept what I say , madam — ’ interposed the cardinal with a sense of timing that suggested the protector had not nominated him for the task solely on account of his venerability ‘ — might I urge you to give the prince into my custody ! ’ |
| 6 | Life had not prepared him for the task , and it soon became clear that he lacked the natural shrewdness and strength of character that a Gdansk plumber was to show the Polish bosses three years later . |
| 7 | She had not seen him for a month . |
| 8 | She had not seen him for an hour or more , he had been here earlier , had he left in a fit of boredom , was he sulking in |
| 9 | By leaving Brentwoods earlier than anticipated , she had not seen him through the publication of his novel . |
| 10 | I 've not seen him since the split . ’ |
| 11 | The education process which the 1970s building surveyor had undergone in the fifties and early sixties had not equipped him for a meaningful and identifiable role in the profession of the seventies . |
| 12 | Scarlet had understood that she was meant to understand that Brian was a hopeless father and a worthless human being , and she had not told him of the call . |
| 13 | There was a tinge of envy in his tone , for his humdrum childhood home in Croydon had not provided him with the kind of ‘ things ’ his taste now craved . |
| 14 | He was neither pallid nor flabby , prison had not marked him in the ways she expected . |
| 15 | Although he is happy with his lifestyle and a wages and bonuses package which earns him £30,000 a week , Walker 's evasive attitude and reluctance to project himself through the media has not endeared him to the locals . |
| 16 | He had once fought for the French , but they had not promoted him beyond the rank of colonel , she had deserted to the British who had rewarded his defection with a knighthood and a generalship , but even so , he still felt slighted . |
| 17 | He had been the weaker of a hatching of two males and would almost certainly have died within a few days if local ornithologists had not taken him from the nest and reared him themselves in the hope that a home might finally be found for him as worthwhile as the Zoo … |
| 18 | It was great because Steve Marriott was on it as well and I had n't seen him for a couple of years . |
| 19 | It was when I had n't seen him for a long time and I was all wound up . |
| 20 | Oh I was very , I have n't seen him for a while , being ill you do n't , but er , he was always sending messages of good will when I was in hospital . |
| 21 | They passed two landings , Gordon following her with majestic tread , but faster than one might expect , since although he had lost time in hanging up his raincoat in the hall , he reached the door first , and opened it without any kind of announcement , and Edward was standing , with his back to them at first , thinner and smaller than she remembered , but then she always made the mistake when she had n't seen him for a bit — he turned round , protesting , and it was Edward . |
| 22 | I have n't seen him for a day or two , ’ said the girl , ‘ but he usually comes in about now . ’ |
| 23 | They got worried when they had n't seen him for a while . |
| 24 | I have n't seen him for a while actually . |
| 25 | One friend of mine — I had n't seen him in a while , then one day I met him in school with my head covered , and he said : ‘ Yasmin , have you gone religious ? ’ |
| 26 | In other words , if they had n't got him with the six he 'd never have gone bloody broke ! |
| 27 | She had n't told him in the beginning because it was totally unimportant to her — her family was not religious — and then , after they had been married a while and she had discovered he was extremely intolerant about various classes of people — not Jews , in fact , but Negroes and Catholics — she had been afraid to tell him in case he should think she had deliberately concealed her origins because she had not trusted him . |
| 28 | We have n't used him in a while . ’ |
| 29 | The father went on : ‘ I believe she said he had stopped breathing for a couple of seconds , and if we had n't had him at the hospital when it happened we would have more than likely lost him . ’ |
| 30 | The knowing look in his eyes let her know she had n't fooled him for an instant , but he gave a single nod . |