Example sentences of "had not [verb] [pers pn] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had never been a Bonapartist , yet that distaste had not made it any easier for her to leave France and follow an army that must fight against her countrymen . |
| 2 | He had not checked them all personally . |
| 3 | She seemed to be almost floating and Maggie was astounded that the sharp stones had not given her enough pain to waken her . |
| 4 | If they had not given him some food , he surely would have died like his mother . |
| 5 | Indeed she had not given it another thought since last seeing it in Matthew 's sitting-room . |
| 6 | I knew that they had not given you enough time to recover from the pneumonia . |
| 7 | He had not seen her all day and badly wanted to say goodbye , but there was no sign of her in the crowd that had gathered to see them off . |
| 8 | Jasper , her elder brother , had refused from the first to dress up for this party and wore his school jeans and Western shirt , though school had not seen him that day . |
| 9 | However , although the wife liked the volunteer , she gradually became depressed by her situation , and expressed anger that the project had not offered her more . |
| 10 | ‘ He did not appreciate that his colleague had not taken it that way , ’ she added . |
| 11 | If we had not provided you this delay , and this opportunity , what would you have done ? ’ |
| 12 | ‘ But I feel annoyed that she had not thought it all through . |
| 13 | He had not told her all he knew , she was sure of that , but he had confirmed her deduction about the provenance of the Durance paintings although he had stressed she could prove nothing . |
| 14 | Speaking in a House of Commons debate on the Report of the Royal Commission on Capital Punishment in 1955 , Chuter Ede declared that his time as Home Secretary had not persuaded him either way of the arguments for or against deterrence . |
| 15 | And the irony of it all was that Fernando had n't planned it that way . |
| 16 | Dolly had stirred up a hornets ' nest when she pinched the wallet , and he had n't made it any better by steaming the letter open . |
| 17 | But I was in a foul temper , and Rebecca had n't made it any easier by going on about missing papers , and how urgent it was that we had them back . ’ |
| 18 | They had n't checked them all at the time , and then they had forgotten . |
| 19 | In fact , she thought as she splashed cold water on to her hot face , she had n't seen him all morning — perhaps he 'd taken himself off for a walk . |
| 20 | His screen character was one of dunderheaded amiability , and Daine had n't given him enough self-awareness to adapt with the Dream . |
| 21 | I went to the kitchen for something to eat but I 'd finished my food the night before and he had n't given me any more . |
| 22 | Only because of that , and what they said in that totally shocked me , because erm , I , he had n't given me any feedback about how I was doing . |
| 23 | Dorothy explained that they had n't given her any money ; she was here as a reporter for a journal whose name they knew ; her membership of the feminist abortion campaign to which PopCon had just made a large grant was irrelevant to the present discussion ; she was just doing her job . |
| 24 | It came at once in the form of none other than the mighty Lord 's Prayer ; but it was n't until I got to the line about daily bread that I saw the light — I had n't given her any ! |
| 25 | The word disturbed Maria for a while afterwards , although Cavell probably had n't given it any real thought , since she appeared so untroubled , her manner calmly confident and still strictly professional . |
| 26 | You said er , I told , I told him I was fed up with the General Secretary of this union that had n't given us any backing and you said sorry Phil , but I 'm not the General Secretary . |
| 27 | Yeah she had n't done them all this time . |
| 28 | But then I found that they had n't done it that way . |
| 29 | I hope she had n't done it that Saturday when we all were outside and we watching |
| 30 | and you know they had n't heard it all and |