Example sentences of "not [vb pp] [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had not heard them pass him ; he had been too intent on watching the singer . |
| 2 | The men who had not heard them arrive in the courtyard looked up in surprise . |
| 3 | I think I had not heard him cry for six years . |
| 4 | Lost in her condemnation of the two young men at the table , she had not heard him come in . |
| 5 | She had not heard him approach her . |
| 6 | I have not heard anyone propose a serious project for the restoration of full employment at the national level . |
| 7 | If only they had not let her go out that night . |
| 8 | The house sighed , wishing it had not let him start . |
| 9 | Why not let him think he 'd won the argument ? |
| 10 | All that was left to her now was to not let him know just how much he had hurt her . |
| 11 | ‘ Better not let him hear you say that , sir . |
| 12 | ‘ If she 'd been in love with Henry she 'd have agreed to be his mistress — not made him wait seven years for a divorce before she let him take her to bed . |
| 13 | She had not made them learn a definition of a sentence , which would be entirely inappropriate for this age group , nor did she ask them to complete meaningless exercises . |
| 14 | ‘ If all that pother has not made me forget ! |
| 15 | She had not seen him arrive at her home , since she had not known who he was when they had encountered each other in the garden — but she had seen him leave . |
| 16 | She had no excuse for going into his part of the house and she had not seen him near the servants ’ quarters since that first afternoon . |
| 17 | I had not seen him smoke before , and did not know he did . |
| 18 | He put his hands on her shoulders and kissed her , then held both her hands and smiled down at her as I had not seen him smile since I mentioned her name that night in the subway . |
| 19 | I can guarantee that Wolstenholme has not seen anything like it before . |
| 20 | I 've not seen anything like it since I went to the cinema as a child . ’ |
| 21 | Although I have not seen it scratch against rocks recently , it does still occasionally gulp air from the surface . |
| 22 | ‘ But I have not seen it close . |