Example sentences of "have not [vb pp] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ During my last pregnancy my husband and I went through a really tough time — in fact it has not ended yet and we are undecided as to whether we are going to separate or not . |
2 | The world has not seen more than once or twice in all the course of history a literature which has exercised such prodigious influence over the minds of men , over every cast and shade of intellect , as that which emanated from Rousseau between 1749 and 1762 . |
3 | He has not done so and , therefore , it would be out of order for the Hon. Gentleman to pursue his present line of argument under this new clause |
4 | Craig Chalmers , who was a casualty in Melrose 's game against Boroughmuir on Saturday , has not decided yet whether his leg injury will permit him to play this weekend against Stirling County . |
5 | Check every 20 minutes or so that the water has not boiled away and , if so , replenish with boiling water . |
6 | This colony probably started as an offshoot of Glynleigh , being only about a mile away , and has not had more than eight nests . |
7 | Work has not started yet because our tree feller has been heavily involved in clearance work after the recent storms . |
8 | Having won the Lady Keystone Open in the United States , Davies , seemingly lacking inspiration , has not finished better than fourth in her seven European outings . |
9 | They are negotiating with Canada to allow them to do it there , but it has not happened yet and the weapons are due here in six months time . |
10 | The practical joker , of course , is not guilty of theft because he has not acted dishonestly and does not intend to deprive the owner permanently of the article . |
11 | However , if the accused obtains property on credit but he can not pay when the instalments fall due , he has not acted deceitfully if he intended to pay at the time of obtaining the item . |
12 | ‘ Not that that 's much of a road to speak of , ’ the Brigadier went on , But the family has n't lived there since before the war-there were German and then English soldiers billeted here during the second war … ’ |
13 | It 's been on the drawing board for some time now but has n't gone ahead because of lack of investment . |
14 | Specialix also admits the move to Unix System Labs ' Unix SVR4 has n't gone smoothly as planned , saying that it unexpectedly had to rewrite several device drivers for OEM versions . |
15 | Hewlett-Packard Co , which has n't said yet if it 's using NT , has Microsoft helping it support HP 's 4mm digital audio tape ( DAT ) drives for backup and archiving : Microsoft Corp will make it an icon on the NT screen . |
16 | Penelope Fitzgerald 's prose is as clear as glass , and you realise how much she has n't said only when you stop laughing . |
17 | As that , yeah that 's what I said , I said , they have to go in a yellow book if they 're really naughty which he has n't done yet and then they have to go to Mrs so I said well you 'll be going to Mrs if you do n't |
18 | Has n't run away and got married or anything ? |
19 | it may turn out that it has n't failed miserably but , you know , there may be various ways in which you could improve it which you might , you know , if you 're lucky he might have sort of written on , round the sides and round the edges and erm that 's you know kind of one of the things that you can build on erm you know a lot of |
20 | If I , if I get another species next year nesting , that has n't nested before and I know it 's because of the effort of putting in reeds , trees , whatever I 've put in there , we 're , we 're trying to get to nest here , if they nest that 'll be really , er that 'll be a great thing because er they feed on the apple erm I thought somebody said er who said there was a hundred a seventy five here er a week ago and that 'd be great to get them to nest , be really good . |
21 | The discovery of dinosaur DNA has n't happened yet but it could . |
22 | The discovery of dinosaur DNA has n't happened yet but it could . |
23 | Well it has n't happened yet but still ! |
24 | ‘ I ca n't pretend it has n't happened once or twice . |
25 | Unfortunately , most of the research conducted so far has n't produced more than a few tentative generalizations . |
26 | In circumstances such as these , it would be open to a jury to find that the girl had not consented even though no violence was used or threatened and despite her knowledge and understanding of the nature of the act . |
27 | They both rejected the practice which had grown up since the decision of Slade J. in In re Castle New Homes Ltd. [ 1979 ] 1 W.L.R. 1075 , whereby if the liquidator had sued or decided to sue he was refused that order ; if he had not done so but was seeking information to enable him to sue he was granted an order . |
28 | Had not done so since that first encounter . |
29 | He had not written much since The Complete History of Wimbledon and that book 's rejection by ten publishers ( he had still not heard from The Applecote Press , Chewton Mendip ) had made him a little nervous of putting pen to paper , but he found that if he emptied his mind of everything and forced his hand to fist a biro and then forced that biro across a sheet of paper , some pretty profound and interesting thoughts resulted . |
30 | Certainly de Gaulle could not have returned to power if he had not stepped forward and risked a great deal in the process . |