Example sentences of "had not [verb] [pers pn] [det] " in BNC.
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| 31 | He 'd closed the door behind them , but he had n't closed it all the way . |
| 32 | Yet not only had she not said anything but as far as he 'd been able to ascertain she had n't left him any lunch . |
| 33 | I was very grateful , the previous week had n't allowed me any time to shop , let alone cook ? |
| 34 | So now he sat there , his napkin tucked around his chin , smiling gently : a mild-natured , weak , weakened old man , loyal to his bully of a wife , glad to be included , glad Shirley had n't found it all too much for her , grateful to sit there in the warmth of the nice oil-fired 1970s central heating . |
| 35 | But it had n't brought him any closer to her . |
| 36 | Yes , they were true , though she had n't thought them that way before . |
| 37 | They had n't told her that and she would need to know . |
| 38 | The on-set problems of Freud led to Clift suing Universal , claiming they had n't paid him all of his $200,000 fee , and they counter-sued for nearly $700,000 . |