Example sentences of "had n't [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the irony of it all was that Fernando had n't planned it that way . |
| 2 | She had n't planned it deliberately , but she even looked as if she were heading into battle , clad in a flying suit , flat boots and a bomber jacket , her long hair captured in a plait . |
| 3 | If he had n't rattled her so much the other day , leaving her high and dry to sneak off and join his girlfriend , she might have remembered to tell him about the dratted ledgers . |
| 4 | Erm , I feel that she 'd read the brief but had n't studied it , because she , she went back to half way through , and er , looked at the objectives . |
| 5 | He had n't joined them in their walk that afternoon . |
| 6 | Kate looked out to sea , wishing he had n't joined them . |
| 7 | ‘ It sounded as if Abul had n't joined him . |
| 8 | I think then you had n't joined us |
| 9 | ‘ These shoes are n't made for running , ’ she laughed , checking her high heel to make sure she had n't broken it . |
| 10 | She had n't coerced him in any way . |
| 11 | She had n't called him ever since she had insulted him . |
| 12 | She was n't surprised Fen had n't called her . |
| 13 | ‘ Wake up , you young vagabond ! ’ said the man a little impatiently ; ‘ I suppose you 'd lay there all day , if I had n't called you . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ If only I had n't called it off she might still be here . ’ |
| 15 | Cos got it up on the side and he had n't showed her and he was just pressing oh what 's that |
| 16 | Perhaps he had n't understood her ? |
| 17 | There was an edge of anger in the song , as if she did n't see why we had n't understood it yet . |
| 18 | At least he 'd been king — he had n't blown it the week before the Coronation , like we had . |
| 19 | In fact , the description and icon would have acquired default values if you had n't filled them in as well . |
| 20 | Her mother had n't warned her that she would n't be seeing Doctor Rice . |
| 21 | He realized he had n't warned them what sort of meal tea was . |
| 22 | He 'd warned the man , no one could say he had n't warned him . |
| 23 | In casual , chatty tones , she told me that " my news " had n't penetrated to her Surrey retreat , and in fact had n't reached her until an hour ago when she 'd arrived , having had nothing to the contrary since last year , to keep the traditional family tryst at my father 's house . |
| 24 | At the recently-opened Lacroix boutique in London 's chic Sloane Street the bad news had n't reached them . |
| 25 | It had n't reached them . |
| 26 | From what Jezrael could tell as she snatched rags of glances backwards , their pursuers had n't reached it yet . |
| 27 | His words had n't affected me at all . |
| 28 | The fall had n't affected her in the slightest , but the shock of finding herself lying beneath Dane stunned her into silence . |
| 29 | The old gag had n't fooled them for a minute . |
| 30 | The knowing look in his eyes let her know she had n't fooled him for an instant , but he gave a single nod . |