Example sentences of "had [not/n't] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jay 's life had not exactly prepared her for falling In Love , still less for I was never in love with you . |
| 2 | Sir Ranulph Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes , 48 , had not exactly dressed up for his meeting with John Major . |
| 3 | She had not exactly said ‘ wet ’ and ‘ weedy ’ , but ‘ quiet ’ and ‘ sympathetic ’ , and Hoomey supposed that showed her tact , because he thought that was what she meant . |
| 4 | Also , academic life had not exactly left me well-off and it seemed like a good idea to try to earn a slightly larger salary so that I would have something to put towards my eventual retirement . |
| 5 | Cardinal Glemp admitted that the Polish Catholic Church had not adequately understood the feelings of the Jewish community on this issue . |
| 6 | The Court of Appeal held that this decision should be quashed because the Minister had not adequately explained his reasons , particularly in failing to give his assessment of the merits of the existing building . |
| 7 | In this case , the Law Lords chose to say that the GLC had not adequately taken into account the interests of the rate payers and that the interests of the users of public transport had been unduly preferred . |
| 8 | Even if Sonauto had not finally decided to stay in racing and Ruggia had spent the summer at home , his contract would have demanded that Sonauto pay his wages for the 1991 season . |
| 9 | She had not even phoned them that morning to explain her absence . |
| 10 | She had been so engrossed in Martha 's life that it had not even crossed her mind that she ( Maxine ) should be frightened of that great expanse of water . |
| 11 | I recorded all this on audio cassette ; when the session was over , I played the tape to the astonished Clive who had been so relaxed when hypnotized that he had not even realized that his stammer had temporarily disappeared . |
| 12 | Of 1,250 people quizzed , three quarters had not even heard of it . |
| 13 | ‘ People always want to see how the Führer looks , whether he is serious or laughing , ’ and had expressed disappointment that they had not even heard his voice for a long time in the newsreels , for , as one report put it , ‘ the words of the Führer are gospel for the people ’ . |
| 14 | He stood with his hands in his pockets and she realised she had been so taken up with her seemingly childish pursuit that she had not even heard the car arrive . |
| 15 | But he had not even asked — she had found him a little unnerving . |
| 16 | And I had not even asked him for his name ! |
| 17 | But nowadays they call on new and brasher saints , whom St Margaret had not even met — Saints Epidura and Psychoprophilaxia . |
| 18 | Others found they had not even recorded all of the interviews . |
| 19 | Madonna had not even appeared in court with him . |
| 20 | It had not even completed purchasing all the land authorized under the 1855 Act , and the ‘ small portion ’ it did not own was approximately 1.25 acres ( 0.5 ha . ) . |
| 21 | He had repeated , over and over again , what Gigia had said , of her humiliation before Ellen Wilson , of how she had not even seen Oreste . |
| 22 | I had not been thinking about him , I had not even seen him for months . |
| 23 | The driver had not even seen him . |
| 24 | I had some difficulty in persuading him that I had not even seen , let alone read , the book , either in manuscript or in print . |
| 25 | He had not paid enough attention to Anna , he had not even seen the girl , and yet she was the only one to benefit obviously and directly from her father dying when he did . |
| 26 | I did not like to ask ; I had not even liked to ask Leo . |
| 27 | So far he had not even registered her presence , and she was in no particular hurry to enlighten him . |
| 28 | She had not even sent me a picture postcard . |
| 29 | She had sent the article and included a note to Ana , but although Ana had written enthusiastically Felipe had not even sent his kind regards . |
| 30 | She had not enjoyed them — indeed , she had not even tasted them . |