Example sentences of "n't [vb pp] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If I had n't leaned out of the rowboat so far … ’ |
| 2 | Quickly look around to make sure that you have n't jumped out of the frying pan into the fire and , if all is well , start running . |
| 3 | For a moment she 'd been on the verge of telling Penny why she was in such a hurry , but the moment passed , and she was glad she had n't given in to the impulse . |
| 4 | I still have n't heard back from the young lady who sent me the Valentine card ; did you really mean it ? |
| 5 | By comparison with the immense popularity of contemporary feminist fiction , it seems that feminist art has n't broken out of the tine art ‘ ghetto ’ . |
| 6 | This was why they had n't caught on to the idea of the ground being curved , not flat — and so had to invent an imaginary force to explain what was going on . |
| 7 | It 's a pity this finish quality is n't carried over to the fingerboard , an area of a budget guitar which often lets it down . |
| 8 | How 's the old seaweed ? and Bet you have n't looked out of the window lately ! |
| 9 | Sorry , the ghost has n't come over from the other side of the door , it just keeps moving by itself . |
| 10 | It 's very new to me ; it 's just too bad that they still have n't come up with the perfect guitar synth . |
| 11 | I 'm afraid Mr Steen has n't come up from the country . ’ |
| 12 | But no warning could check Arthur Conway 's fury , and with a lightning leap he managed to grip the young man 's throat , and so fiercely that he forced him backwards , only the next moment to have his arms snapped downwards , when he would have fallen on his back if he had n't come up against the coalhouse wall and , unfortunately , a shovel that was propped there . |
| 13 | He said I ca n't pay you till Tuesday cos the money ai n't come through for the work he said . |
| 14 | If James has n't come down by the time you get back , I promise to go and get you a drink , my darling , dearest , demanding wife . ’ |
| 15 | Well they have n't come back from the shop yet . |
| 16 | The waiter brought the champagne and thumped it around in a bucket of ice to persuade us that it had n't come out of the refrigerator . |
| 17 | He had n't come out of the divorce too well . |
| 18 | They are complaining about loss of assets ’ — looked as though they had n't come out of the Bermans and Nathans mothballs . |
| 19 | As well as contributing to Oslobodjenje Camo is editor-in-chief of Nedjelja , a weekly magazine published by the same company , but which has n't come out for the last three months . |
| 20 | In fact , if I had n't rung through to the police station we 'd have had a squad car on our doorstep by now . ’ |
| 21 | It was n't turned on by the T V. |
| 22 | And I also said that Dr Kemp had n't turned up at the railway station when they 'd arranged for a taxi to pick him up and take him — ’ |
| 23 | So much so that Colin , being totally pissed off with the press , has n't turned up for the interview . |
| 24 | So much so that Colin , being totally pissed off with the press , has n't turned up for the interview . |
| 25 | I think it 's particularly useful as a way of gaining entry to ideas about childhood — what children are for , why to have them — that are n't written about in the official records , that is , in the textbooks of child analysis and child psychology , and in sociological descriptions of childhood . |
| 26 | Perhaps f just wanted to go back to find out why f had n't got on with the place when everyone else had ! |
| 27 | I asked him why he had n't got on with the other passengers . |
| 28 | Then she wonders why we have n't got on with the work . |
| 29 | Other medieval houses that are replicated medieval houses just have n't got on to the textiles in the way that we have . |
| 30 | So , but if you 'd like it on The Alchemist , and you feel you really have n't got through to The Alchemist , it 's here , okay ? |