Example sentences of "had not [verb] [pers pn] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sir Patrick said the brochure had a dual aim : to show potential recruits that government legal work was responsible and worthwhile ; and to dispel the notion that the service was for lawyers who had not made it in other parts of the profession . |
| 2 | The killing of Polanski 's wife — who was in her last month of pregnancy and carrying a ‘ perfectly formed ’ baby son , also murdered — along with three friends and a totally unconnected young man of eighteen who had been visiting a caretaker living in the grounds , naturally caused Polanski extreme mental torture , made worse by the knowledge that he had promised to return to the house himself and had not made it in time . |
| 3 | Paul had not recognized him in the porter 's uniform . |
| 4 | His knowledge of foreign issues was limited and Roosevelt had not consulted him in the brief period that Truman held the vice-presidency . |
| 5 | The Russian invasion of Hungary made Nicholas look like a firebrand , but it had not involved him in taking many risks . |
| 6 | When he let go of her , she fell back against the sideboard , clutching it for support , fighting for enough composure so that she could make some clever response that would make clear that the kiss had not disturbed her in the least . |
| 7 | Geraldine had not seen him in pyjamas before . |
| 8 | What a sharp , sneering face he had had , though she could not see it , as she had not seen it in the darkness of her dream . |
| 9 | Zenith knew of the existence of Acme 's program but had not seen it in use — no infringement of copyright , the function of the program is idea , not expression . |
| 10 | The local Italian paper Il Piccolo was full of praise for Mussolini , pointing out that Italy would have lost Trieste to the Slavs if Mussolini had not reconquered it in La Rivoluzione Fascista . |
| 11 | I would gladly have accepted the post of manager even if I had not won it in the club raffle . |
| 12 | He was neither pallid nor flabby , prison had not marked him in the ways she expected . |
| 13 | They now claim a 1% reduction in this disease , compared with an estimated increase of 1.5% if they had not stuck it in their selection index ( see page 49 ) . |
| 14 | That old bugger Grunte had not included him in the invitation to dine at some poncy joint called La Noblesse , the smartest part of the Hospitality Inn . |
| 15 | He had not mentioned it in all this week that Hotspur had spent with him at the abbey , had asked no questions but the most current politenesses about his stay and his journey , and had shown no interest at all in the ceremony from which he had come . |
| 16 | That young so-and-so might easily have got his Betty into trouble , if he had not caught them in time . |
| 17 | She saw that he had changed colour , and , always affected by other people 's feelings , she now experienced some of his embarrassment and wished she had not put him in this position . |