Example sentences of "had not [verb] [adv] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was what they had expected of University , but had not hoped so soon to find . |
| 2 | She went down the stairs and , again remembering Naylor 's rage , she was certain about one thing — that , whatever way , whichever way , somehow , if he had not done so already , Naylor would at some time soon take action that would for all time sever the relationship he thought she had with his cousin . |
| 3 | At twelve miles from Dungavel , the pilot had not done too well . |
| 4 | In 1970 , 75 per cent of the population saw TV at some point during the day and in 1986 the figure had not risen much further to 78 per cent . |
| 5 | Rozanov himself , in last night 's shamanistic trance , had not risen more miraculously from the dead . |
| 6 | But Mr Bouterse said Mr Shankar had not complained loudly enough , then claimed to be appalled when a Dutch newspaper photographed the president waiting forlornly in the rain for a meeting with the Dutch prime minister , Ruud Lubbers . |
| 7 | But that is precisely the point : the boom would have been pulled up sharply if consumption had not grown fast enough , and rising wages were essential to that growth . |
| 8 | She 'd had a wondrous time with another man , a time that filled her with remembered textures and sensations , that would have left her smiling now if Parr had not become so damned intrusive . |
| 9 | By mid-1989 the subject had not moved forward very much , though there were hopeful indications for the repatriation of prisoners . |
| 10 | He was angry with the hijackers and he was angry with himself because he had not moved fast enough to help Harald . |
| 11 | The noxious stench of the scorched vinegar and burning sulphur was making Jane feel ill , but in truth she had not felt really well ever since the sea crossing from England . |
| 12 | However , even by the middle years of the nineteenth century an industrial city like Manchester had not expanded so far as to prevent its mill workers walking in the country on Sundays . |
| 13 | The visitors had not reached this far , preferring what was on offer in the town . |
| 14 | We had no means of communication with the people in the mountains , which to us were as remote as Tibet , and the doctor had not ventured there again ; in fact he was now in great danger . |
| 15 | Early writers had not analysed clearly enough the elements that by changing constituted a directional advance . |
| 16 | Wickham 's initial feeling was that if it were true the only surprising thing was that Barron had not flown away sooner . |
| 17 | Her own affairs , always with men considerably older than herself , had not ended so amicably . |
| 18 | The result is a discourse in which certain expressions , such as " the river had not gone away either or the mountains " ( p. 31 ) must be interpreted as " literally " representing the perceptions of the people , whereas for us they would normally have to be interpreted metaphorically . |
| 19 | But matters had not gone as smoothly as all that . |
| 20 | In many cases , however , the new Boards felt that their predecessors had not gone far enough . |
| 21 | The more he thought about it , the more he felt that the contract he had renegotiated with Virgin had not gone far enough . |
| 22 | Mr Davies told the Commons that Norman Lamont 's Budget though courageous , had not gone far enough . |
| 23 | ‘ His criticism of my sermon was that I had not gone far enough , ’ continued Father Kipling . |
| 24 | This was the most positive action he had yet taken in his conflicts with the king : even with Rufus he had not gone so far . |
| 25 | They had not gone very far when a great brightness showed over the mountains beyond the forest , and suddenly in front of them they saw a beautiful young man , all dressed in gold , with a scarlet lining to his cloak . |
| 26 | He had not gone very far when the mysterious little girl suddenly appeared again , from the dry gully of a mountain stream . |
| 27 | Things had not gone too smoothly in hospital and it was taking a long time to recover . |
| 28 | Again Balfour 's account is in substantial agreement , although he adds the gloss that when , at one stage in his summing up he referred to his assumption that Asquith would not serve under either Law or Lloyd George , Asquith intervened to say that he had not gone quite so far as that ; he must consult his friends before giving a final answer . |
| 29 | Thus , although non-Muslim monotheists , like the Christians and the Jews , had not travelled as far along the road to truth as the Muslims , they were travelling in the same direction . |
| 30 | Perhaps the policeman had looked into Erlich 's face and calculated that if he had not stood aside then he might just have ended up on his back . |