Example sentences of "have n't [verb] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ 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 … ’ |
| 2 | It 's been on the drawing board for some time now but has n't gone ahead because of lack of investment . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Penelope Fitzgerald 's prose is as clear as glass , and you realise how much she has n't said only when you stop laughing . |
| 6 | Unfortunately , most of the research conducted so far has n't produced more than a few tentative generalizations . |
| 7 | It had n't grown much since he 'd cut it a week ago , but he wanted the lawns to have a shaved appearance for the Easter Fete . |
| 8 | I had n't drunk more than a third of the cup when I started to feel dizzy and hot . |
| 9 | We had n't gone far before we spied the punt entangled in the branches of a willow which had collapsed into the stream . |
| 10 | Sarah was worried because it was getting late , and when at last she was out of the hospital she started walking quickly towards Clerkenwell , but she had n't gone far before a hackney cab drew up . |
| 11 | But it was a damp , grey morning , and they had n't gone far before it came on to rain . |
| 12 | She had n't gone far when she heard Nick wailing behind her , ‘ Carrie , wait for me , wait … ’ |
| 13 | She set off with only a little food and she had n't gone far when a small boy appeared right in the middle of the road . |
| 14 | They had n't gone far when at the side of the road they saw a small boy . |
| 15 | She had n't gone far when Alain joined her , and he simply matched his pace to suit her own , saying nothing at all . |
| 16 | However , we had n't gone more than a few yards when she stopped and turned around . |
| 17 | He looked less glamorous without his uniform of short white apron , and he had n't said much except for that boring rubbish about aliens . |
| 18 | Er anything special you know that sor children growing up and you know fathers not seeing them or wives having babies wh which you know they had n't seen perhaps till they were two years old . |
| 19 | It was as though she had died again , only it was worse , and he felt guilty that he had n't wept properly when she 'd really died . |
| 20 | Debbie , 23 , of Blisworth Street , said : ‘ If I had n't ran away when I saw the balls of fire coming towards us it might have been much worse . |
| 21 | Stupidly she had n't looked further than the retrieving of it and returning it to Jonas Hamilton . |
| 22 | Bob , 39 , said : ‘ Robert would have been a goner if I had n't got there when I did . |
| 23 | They had n't disappeared simply because she had chosen not to reveal them to the world . |
| 24 | What had the woman meant about ‘ the girls ’ — surely Luke had n't brought more than one of his conquests here together ? |
| 25 | He had n't thought further than that and he did n't want to worry Lucy more than he had to . |
| 26 | ‘ I 'll say you were in a temper , and it had n't changed any when you were back in the office . |
| 27 | It was the only thing she 'd been wearing that had n't come away when they undressed . |
| 28 | ‘ Jodami is in grand form , but I really have n't decided yet whether he will race again this season , ’ said the trainer . |
| 29 | They have n't decided yet whether my car is going up to his office or to fishing . |
| 30 | Well I I do n't know I have n't lived there as long as you . |