Example sentences of "had not [verb] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The premiere had not called for any great celebration , even the soi-disant Louise Müller being in subdued spirits after her confession . |
| 2 | He let himself think , as he had not done for many years , of Célestine , of their year together in London , and as he had known it would , the memory made him deeply unhappy . |
| 3 | He put his arm around her shoulders , as he had not done for many years . |
| 4 | Naked , she walked into the bathroom and there surveyed herself in a way she had not done for some years . |
| 5 | Since Picasso and Braque had not exhibited for some time , and since they had not taken part in the manifestations at the Salon des Indépendants and the Salon d'Automne , the public were not in a position to realize that their abstention deprived the Section d'Or of much of its meaning . |
| 6 | He had not moved for four , maybe five , hours . |
| 7 | Bora Mulitonovic 's side had won just once in their last 16 games and they had not scored for 389 minutes . |
| 8 | She complained that her children had apparently not been allowed access to a Baptist minister , but was told that they had not asked for religious support when it was offered . |
| 9 | I had not asked for that and , even if I had , my chances of obtaining them would have been zero . |
| 10 | It might have continued like that for me too , if I had not needed a chat with my local breastfeeding counsellor and realised she had not asked for any payment . |
| 11 | In another undated letter to Gaunt Minton admits that owing to the pressure of illustrative work he had not painted for eight months . |
| 12 | But in some counties the forest dwellers had not waited for these instructions . |
| 13 | However , the Colonel had not waited for this confirmation in writing and issued his certificate on 24 May , so the line opened on 26 May without ceremony , the company taking their pick of the 19 cars stored in Mitcham Road depôt . |
| 14 | Even she had not bargained for such an insult as this ! |
| 15 | Both reluctantly agreed that they had reputations for fighting , but insisted that they had not strived for such status . |
| 16 | Some parts of the house he had not seen for twenty years . |
| 17 | At Warrington , a deaf man decided to pay a visit to a relative he had not seen for some time , and set off to cycle there . |
| 18 | D'Arcy recognised the faces of several ex-special forces personnel whom he had not seen for some time . |
| 19 | When the Secretary of State was enjoying himself for about 10 minutes claiming that a large number of us supported CND , he offered some rays of hope and sunshine that I had not seen for some months . |
| 20 | She had not seen beyond the violence : she had not planned for any other outcome . |
| 21 | Most of the members had not joined for political reasons but quite openly admitted the social attractions of the YCs . |
| 22 | The London masons complained in 1775 that their 50s ( £2.50 ) a week had not changed for seventy years . |
| 23 | All she knew was that she was cold and hungry and thirsty , that she had not slept for more than few minutes at a time and that all her thoughts were with Tristram . |
| 24 | She was very overactive and had not slept for three nights . |
| 25 | As promised , his regime had delivered a degree of governmental stability that France had not enjoyed for many years . |
| 26 | Foinavon had not won for two seasons and was considered a plodder and a sketchy jumper — hardly the type for the rigours of the National . |
| 27 | By the time Crawford returned to the stage in mid-1971 , he had not worked for fourteen months . |
| 28 | Belgium , as a member state of the EEC , had not legislated for equal pay . |
| 29 | She felt exhausted ; she had not spoken for ten minutes and felt that unless she said something soon she would disappear . |
| 30 | It was particularly offensive because Cliff had not spoken for ten days in order to rest his larynx and avoid surgery before a new tour . |