Example sentences of "[noun] [coord] [pers pn] have not [verb] " in BNC.

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1 The Building Societies Association assured the Government at the time that , when the rule was introduced , there would be no reason to expect people to lose their homes as a result and they have not done so .
2 If you have undercharged yourself when putting your proposals to the opposition and you have not marked the letter without prejudice then you will not be able to charge more when the matter comes to taxation .
3 Our response to it was of course that er since the Post Office was re released from the Civil Service in nineteen sixty-nine to trustee , to pen the trustees , there 's been a minimum amount of trustees er I can recollect on those on the funds and we 've not had any problem .
4 They sent him away and he 's waited four months and he has not had a penny .
5 Today was Saturday and she had not written a word since Thursday morning .
6 It has been changed by the influence of sociology and anthropology but it has not surrendered its distinctiveness to them .
7 Eight years ago , the council gave Burton Property Trust permission to build a multi-storey car park as part of the Cornmill but it has not taken up the option .
8 In a clipped French sentence that sounded as if it had been well rehearsed , she told Agathe that she may have lost the produce of her labour but she had not lost the fruit of her labours .
9 Managers have agreed to 860 posts being created to cover computerisation but they have not acceded to further staffing demands .
10 It was a world he had relinquished with small regret and he had not expected to find it again on Larksoken headland .
11 For example in the case of the airline employees the revenue had sought to tax concessionary travel on the average cost basis but their claim had failed before the commissioners and they had not persisted in that claim .
12 ‘ I can vouch for it that nobody has moved from his or her desk all the time you 've been here , except for Nigel and he has not moved from his corner . ’
13 She 's a sweet girl and she 's not had much of a life for all their wealth .
14 ‘ This is one of the biggest road construction contracts ever undertaken in Northern Ireland and we have not had to go overseas because we have the local skills to do it . ’
15 The relationship between the socio-economic character of a local authority ( L.A. ) and its expenditure on education is a crucial issue but it has not received adequate research attention .
16 ‘ I have only just begun discussions with Celtic over renewing my contract and it has not got to the stage of the manager making me an offer , ’ said the player whose ability to impose himself on the opposition might be thought worthy of international recognition .
17 They are just four normal blokes and they have not compromised at all .
18 But then one could say same of Verbier and she has not ruled that out .
19 If the innocent party is the buyer and he has not paid then he may simply refuse to do so and return the goods if he has already received them .
20 The village founded by King Billy has come through the bad times and it has not surrendered .
21 She had played a part that was alien to her nature and she had not played it well at all .
22 Its articulation is easier and hence its flexibility is greater than that of the trumpet , but its proper place is the brass or wind band and it has not succeeded in establishing itself permanently in the orchestra .
23 Friends have been of paramount importance to her in the last ten years and she has not deserted them .
24 ‘ We 've been linked with Dean Sampson but I have not spoken to the player .
25 It had been a mere moment of whiteness seen out of the corner of her eye but it had not moved purposefully like a horse does with a rider .
26 The industry 's many critics had made great demands and threatened many a crisis but they had not halted the growth of the movies as mass entertainment .
27 She had tried separating them to eat in different places but it had not worked as they tried to run around while eating .
28 The mother has made a phone call to the hospital asking after her daughter 's safety but she has not called back as promised .
29 I 've got the statements but I 've not got the original paper .
30 I have ventured into the use of your name several times but you have not returned the compliment .
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