Example sentences of "had n't [verb] it [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had n't planned it deliberately , but she even looked as if she were heading into battle , clad in a flying suit , flat boots and a bomber jacket , her long hair captured in a plait . |
| 2 | There was an edge of anger in the song , as if she did n't see why we had n't understood it yet . |
| 3 | From what Jezrael could tell as she snatched rags of glances backwards , their pursuers had n't reached it yet . |
| 4 | I suppose she just hoped that news of her disappearance had n't made it as far as the Glasgow papers . ’ |
| 5 | Mr McTavish forbore to mention that he had n't made it quite to the same standard as his host but was obviously pleased to be included in the generalization . |
| 6 | She could n't believe he had n't felt it too . |
| 7 | She had n't said it unkindly , and , in the state he was in , it seemed appropriate . |
| 8 | True enough , although he had n't realized it so clearly before , that house did attract uniforms one way and another . |
| 9 | Suddenly a wave of fear washed over her mind and she became tinglingly aware , as if she had n't realized it before , what danger they were in . |
| 10 | He had n't noticed it particularly when they had gone shopping together . |
| 11 | Liz thought he looked appalling , and wondered why she had n't noticed it before . |
| 12 | It sounds crazy to say I had n't noticed it before , as we must have driven by ten or a dozen times , but you really do n't notice that much when you 're trying to keep your balance and play at the same time . |
| 13 | Because I missed I had n't seen it actually in my bag . |
| 14 | But there was a FOR SALE board up , new today , he had n't seen it there this morning when he set out for the meeting with the AC . |
| 15 | It did n't complement anything much , but he had n't seen it before . |
| 16 | I had n't seen it before , and I would n't recommend it . |
| 17 | It was so obvious I could n't imagine why I had n't seen it before . |
| 18 | I would imagine the plaster wall have to be replaced cos there 's a lot of work that needs to be done on t we 've already had to deal with the plastering once , in fact we would n't have noticed cos we had n't seen it before but what happened is that the the frame of the hall particularly shrank so that we had gaps in between where the plastering was and where the wood was and we had to have a couple of men that we used for this , erm come in with lime plaster and fill in all the cracks for a week or two . |
| 19 | Until now she had n't given it much thought . |
| 20 | Whichever way , she probably had n't given it much thought at the time and it had been some time later when her mother had told her that he had left the country and gone abroad to work . |
| 21 | I was completely pissed off that I was 16 and I had n't done it yet . |
| 22 | I had n't heard it before , but I 'd already guessed that the tale would sound something like that . |
| 23 | Probably Ma McKeown had n't liked it either . |
| 24 | I says you 've just wasted it , er tried to say she had n't had it like , yeah I I 'm not in turn it off you been hospital ? |
| 25 | The disbelief Mortimer felt vied with rage at the thought that they had known this and had n't divulged it earlier . |
| 26 | But erm they did let her know that she had n't got it instead of making her wait the four weeks or whatever it was |
| 27 | It was so nearly nothing she wondered if she had n't loaded it properly . |
| 28 | And his mother had n't found it either funny or reassuring . |
| 29 | she did n't say well er my husband brought me here because it was a decision that she had parted , it was a choice she had made as well and so she , she excepts her responsibility , she excepts her blame and she goes to return so there was , there was this sense of confession and , and confession can be costly when we 've got to admit that I was wrong , I did wrong , I was mistaken , I went the wrong way that could be a costly mistake and , and , and er costly experience for us to go through , but surely the , the true sign of repent is that we do acknowledge our sin , we acknowledge our failure , that we acknowledge what it means to god , we ca n't shift that blame onto somebody else then also consider not just the cost that Naomi had to pay in going back , but also there was a cost for Auper and for Ruth as well as Moabias there would be little joy for them in Israel , they were foreigners , they were strangers , there would n't be much hope for happiness for them , there would be very little likeliness for them ever getting married in or remarrying er in , in Israel , they would n't be able to worship there own god , they 'd be taken from one culture to another , there 'd be taken from one language to another , what was it gon na be like for them , alright , perhaps whilst they were living with Naomi perhaps she could pull a few strings for them , but what happens when she goes and they are left by themselves and yet it would appear that with Naomi making her decision to return that they too these two daughters in law they decided to go to Bethlehem with her and it tells us that they set out together but perhaps they had n't thought it really through because their not totally committed to us and as they come towards the frontier and their gon na pass into in , back into Judah with their few miserable possessions that they 've gathered together , Naomi again considers the consequences facing these two young women , Auper and Ruth , they continued with her , as she pleads with them to go back home , Judah is no place for a foreigner , Judah is no place for somebody to come unless they are part of gods people , and I 'm reminded of again of what it tells me in , in the book of acts , that in the early church , that people were actually frightened , frightened to join with the disciples , they were frightened to join the church , there was no room for , for stragglers , there was no room for hangers on , there was no room for those who went just because they thought it was gon na be the next , the in thing to do , but folk were actually frightened of joining because they knew they had to put their lives right , they knew they had to live holy lives , they knew that god had to be lord and master in their lives and unless they were willing to do that and be committed to him they were actually frightened of joining and one of the great weaknesses of the church today is that it becomes and it can becoming our thinking and nothing more than just something we join , something we belong to , something we go along to er as like a club , like an association , but that 's not the picture we see it in the New Testament , it is a very exclusive body , it is a very exclusive grouping , a grouping of those who have committed themselves to Jesus Christ and that 's why not every body is a member of the local church , not every body who goes to church on a Sunday is a member of a church to Jesus Christ now they know if they are , but other people may not know , they know and the lord knows , I know if I belong to him and he knows if I belong to him other people may not , I can put on the act , I can look as though I 'm playing the part , I can go through the routine , I can , I can , I can fool every body , but he knows and I know , and he knows and you know and so Jesus said not every body who says lord , lord on that day will I acknowledge and recognize and so for Ruth and Nao er yes Ruth and Auper it was gon na be different of course for them as foreigners in Judah especially when Naomi goes and she pleads with them go back home , Judah is not place for Moabias , she knew what it had been like to be a foreigner , she knew what it had been like to be an alien land in an alien culture in a different religion with a different language she had known the bitterness of it all , she pleads with them go back home she prayers for them the lord bless you , the lord you know be gracious to you and so on , but they refused and again Naomi puts it to them , to please go back and Auper reconsiders and she takes the counsel and advice of her mother in law but no so Ruth and Naomi turns and says look your sister in law 's gone back , she 's gone home , you go as well , you ca n't do it , its a too greater price for you to pay , its a choice you must n't make , a decision you must n't make , your gon na have poverty , your gon na have loneliness , your gon na have hardship . |
| 30 | He wondered what it could be that was so urgent , and why he had n't mentioned it yesterday over lunch . |