Example sentences of "had not [vb pp] [pers pn] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | For all her self-confidence , her upbringing had not prepared her for that . ’ |
| 3 | His education had not prepared him for this in any way . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Sir Charles , whose practice as a family solicitor in Hertfordshire had not prepared him for this sort of thing , was losing control . |
| 6 | Three years of being a member of the Campaign Team at AI had not prepared me for seeing human rights abuses first hand . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | I had not asked him for anything , nor had I expected anything . |
| 9 | He had not seen her for a while and he was pretty sure she had committed suicide . |
| 10 | She always forgot , when she had not seen him for some time , how he affected her . |
| 11 | She had not seen him for an hour or more , he had been here earlier , had he left in a fit of boredom , was he sulking in |
| 12 | She had not seen him for a month . |
| 13 | Police broke in after neighbours had not seen him for several days . |
| 14 | I had not seen them for over two years . |
| 15 | I had not seen them for some time . |
| 16 | ‘ Although he had not seen us for six weeks , he soon recognised us and started shouting Tuffin George all over the shop . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I had not seen you for over six months , ma'am , it was merely surprise that you have lost a little colour … ’ |
| 18 | His mother had not joined them for the meal , bowing in this regard to the T'ang 's wishes . |
| 19 | I was a player in a drama written and cast by Jean-Claude , who had not rehearsed me for it . |
| 20 | I find it in the unlikeliest places , many of which had not sold it for at least 25 years . |
| 21 | ‘ Then since you accept what I say , madam — ’ interposed the cardinal with a sense of timing that suggested the protector had not nominated him for the task solely on account of his venerability ‘ — might I urge you to give the prince into my custody ! ’ |
| 22 | Of those firms which did possess such a strategy , a quarter had not reviewed it for more than two years , making it only mildly effective . |
| 23 | The education process which the 1970s building surveyor had undergone in the fifties and early sixties had not equipped him for a meaningful and identifiable role in the profession of the seventies . |