Example sentences of "had not [verb] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although they discovered they had hardly a single taste in common , he was nonetheless a witty and amusing host and she found herself laughing in a way she had not done for a considerable time . |
| 2 | The students ' performance on the problem based and lecture courses were not found to correlate with their preference for type of course , and those who had not volunteered for the new pathway did as well as those who had , even on the problem based sections of the new curriculum . |
| 3 | The kind of music she had not heard for a long time . |
| 4 | It was something he had not felt for a very long time . |
| 5 | It had not rained for a week and the white dust of the road started to dull the shine of all the shoes . |
| 6 | She said she had been released half a mile away on a misty common and had not eaten for a long time . |
| 7 | He was proud that he , and others like him , had not fallen for the con-trick . |
| 8 | She had not pressed for a statement at Westminster out of respect to his family . |
| 9 | A BBC spokesman insisted the pair had not asked for the changes and promised : ‘ They 'll be available for anyone needing them . ’ |
| 10 | The home owner had not waited for the bureaucratic processes to be completed ; she had acted out of the goodness of her heart . |
| 11 | De Gaulle had not waited for the end of the war to formulate his proposal for the new German settlement . |
| 12 | But she had not bargained for a complete refusal to attend . |
| 13 | Dana had not appeared for the promised fitting or for the rehearsal , excusing herself at the last minute because Roman had wanted her for alterations to one of the outfits she was to wear . |
| 14 | The father had not applied for a Medjay to guard his house , giving as his reason that he had efficient men of his own to do the job . |
| 15 | There was a flicker of response in them which Brian had not seen for a very long time . |
| 16 | His hand had not wavered for a moment . |
| 17 | One of the president 's earliest and most loyal supporters on the Hill says , privately , that those among his constituents who , until 1992 , had not voted for a Democratic presidential candidate for 16 years think they have been tricked . |
| 18 | People asked exoneration from a mistake made by a group to which they belonged-the nation-not in individual innocence but in membership of a different and more immediate community that had acted well , a state that had not voted for a dishonest president . |
| 19 | The city accountant had compared Derry 's acreage , which had not changed for a century , with other Northern Ireland towns . |
| 20 | This new town , a product of modern civilization , had grown up near the ancient Egdon Woods , where the paths over the hills had not changed for a thousand years . |
| 21 | ‘ I had not worked for a few months so I was ready to do something , ’ is how he explains his reasons for doing it . |
| 22 | He had not shaved for a day or two , and there was fair stubble on his cheeks and jaw . |
| 23 | She had not come for the sake of experiencing a bush walk — and her willingness to help had been to gain time to carry out her plan , or rather , Aunt Bertha 's plan . |