Example sentences of "had not [vb pp] [pers pn] [prep] " 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 | Hurley had not forgiven him for the loss of Syrian George , and he was still under heavy pressure from Washington to show results , but in general Coleman made sure they got along for the sake of his back-channel reports to MC/10 Control . |
| 5 | He had not wanted her to be here any more than she 'd wanted to come . |
| 6 | The state 's farmers and bee-keepers might not have realised that they were coping with an externality , but that had not stopped them from organising a market . |
| 7 | Doors and bolts had been fixed , but in a three-month period it was said that ‘ 14 dozen locks ’ had been broken , the children had burned down the door , and even iron gates had not stopped them from gaining access to the roof and throwing stones on people below . |
| 8 | Denying it had not stopped it from growing . |
| 9 | It had not struck him until now that this was an inadequate hiding place . |
| 10 | His knowledge of foreign issues was limited and Roosevelt had not consulted him in the brief period that Truman held the vice-presidency . |
| 11 | I could not find him , and I began to hope that he had not followed us to the hotel . |
| 12 | The Russian invasion of Hungary made Nicholas look like a firebrand , but it had not involved him in taking many risks . |
| 13 | Dinah , who had not liked him at Hampstead , did not like him now ; but the information he brought was useful . |
| 14 | ‘ Come back , come back ! ’ she shouted , but he pretended that he had not heard her at all . |
| 15 | She had not felt it since her days of poverty , when she had faced the world alone ; it was something different from the polished ruthlessness that money had brought ; it was brighter-eyed , more truculent . |
| 16 | For all her self-confidence , her upbringing had not prepared her for that . ’ |
| 17 | His education had not prepared him for this in any way . |
| 18 | Life had not prepared him for the task , and it soon became clear that he lacked the natural shrewdness and strength of character that a Gdansk plumber was to show the Polish bosses three years later . |
| 19 | Sir Charles , whose practice as a family solicitor in Hertfordshire had not prepared him for this sort of thing , was losing control . |
| 20 | Three years of being a member of the Campaign Team at AI had not prepared me for seeing human rights abuses first hand . |
| 21 | Living in close intimacy with Jean-Claude had not prepared me for confronting in musical shape the qualities I sensed and loved in him but could not define . |
| 22 | ’ Melissa was about to point out that Angy 's tender heart had not prevented her from flaunting Rick 's ring as if it were her own , nor had she intervened to protect Barney from hurt , but she merely said , ‘ It was enough to make anyone angry . ’ |
| 23 | Under this stage all holders of vouchers who had not placed them with investment funds were able to use them to apply for shares in the 1,500 companies selected for privatization . |
| 24 | She had not asked me of my previous experiences . |
| 25 | I had not asked him for anything , nor had I expected anything . |
| 26 | If he had been indifferent to Catherine , if he had not loved her at least as much , more , than she did herself , she could not have done it . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | She told him her perfume came all the way from Hollywood , in America , where she herself would have been living these last nine years if only Frankie 's birth had not robbed her of the life of glamour and excitement she deserved . |
| 29 | He ridiculed the ceremonies in impeccable prose , and disparaged the British Minister and his family , who had not invited him to lunch . |
| 30 | I was horrified to find out later that in fact he had not collected her from school but from the police station . |