Example sentences of "had not [noun] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But had not Deller opened the door to a professional career for higher voices , they might all have been singing baritone today . |
| 2 | Such was the distortion that the muzzle would no longer accept round shot ; nor would it have accepted canister had not Harry had the idea of tapping the canisters and using silk stockings to contain the iron balls . |
| 3 | Stern appeals to principle might in time have closed the dollar gap in Britain 's trade with the United States had not cancer removed this economic dictator-by-consent , greatly weakening the Labour government 's authority in 1951 . |
| 4 | French susceptibilities over sovereignty had not vet developed to the extent that they were to do by 1294 . |
| 5 | After all , had not Lionel said , lightly enough it was true , ‘ My brother is not , you know , immune to your charms … ’ |
| 6 | It might possibly have been convoked earlier had not Luther urged that a general Council , to which the pope would be compelled to submit , should decide for or against his Ninety-Five Theses , thus reviving the spectre of conciliarism . |
| 7 | Had not Victor mentioned some such possibility ? |
| 8 | Had not Reagan told North , when he called him after he was fired , that it would all make a great movie one day ? |
| 9 | Had not Robert said , ‘ Of course , I want a son … ’ ? |
| 10 | My expressing some Fear of being troublesome in coming so frequently , occasioned a great Variety of Invitations , both in Verse and Prose ; which I could seldom resist : And indeed her whole Behaviour to me was so extremely good-natur 'd and obliging , that I must have been the most ungrateful Person in the World , if I had not endeavour 'd to make some Return . |
| 11 | Had not Winston done as much when he was Premier during Hitler 's War ? |
| 12 | Whereas Muskie was convinced that industry could comply with this ‘ technology-forcing challenge ’ ( had not industry developed the technology to place a man on the moon following the challenge by President Kennedy ? ) — and the strong anti-pollution public opinion of 1970 added weight to this claim — counterclaims gained increasing attention during the 1970s . |
| 13 | Had not God made them small enough to do the job ? |
| 14 | Mr. McGregor recognised the force of this and accepted that , had not statute intervened , the judges would have been likely to extend the English law of negligence to accommodate the requirements of justice . |
| 15 | He might have done so , she reflected bitterly , had not madness made him its own monument first . |
| 16 | Why had n't Maxie thought of building a new house there , the old stick in the mud ? |
| 17 | Why had n't Hugh hardened his heart and refused to accept his ridiculous story of having been commissioned to do his ‘ Jottings ’ from Tuscany ? |
| 18 | If a new contract had to be signed urgently , why had n't Eric brought it to him there and then , rather than posting it ? |
| 19 | ‘ Had n't Meredith-Lee found him with his hands in the till ? ’ |
| 20 | On the very first occasion when an engagement party had been mentioned — that lunchtime when Luke had joined Rob and herself — had n't Rob suggested that she bring someone ? |
| 21 | Had n't Nathan trusted her to take her turn at the helm while he slept ? |
| 22 | Had n't Lisa mentioned laryngitis as one of the symptoms ? |
| 23 | Until this thought : had n't Sopworth mentioned objects like these ? |
| 24 | In this month , mind you we 've used this one most Today she was saying , had n't Tony decided which school he was going to and then she started which school should he go to , will you have to pay ? |
| 25 | Why had n't Corbett cleared this mess up ? |
| 26 | Why had n't Richard turned the lights on ? |
| 27 | Why had n't Maisie seen it in her son ? |
| 28 | Oh , why on earth had n't Luke told her that she had got it all wrong ? |
| 29 | And why had n't Kathleen understood ? |
| 30 | Yet had n't Celia told her about her prolonged labour , and how her aunt had saved the baby by resuscitation ? |