Example sentences of "[noun] have [not/n't] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Avnet Inc 's proposed acquisition of Hall-Mark Electronics Corp has not gone down to well with Standard & Poor 's Corp , which said it may cut the distributors $100m of A-plus-rated subordinated debt . |
| 2 | Gary has n't got round to watching it |
| 3 | McKeown has not given up on the north 's hope for next year 's Classic , who was found to have a temperature after finishing last in the Somerville Tattersall Stakes . |
| 4 | Branfoot said : ‘ Matt has not come back with an answer but we are still in the early stages of negotiation . ’ |
| 5 | Sorry , the ghost has n't come over from the other side of the door , it just keeps moving by itself . |
| 6 | Here , it is quite simply that the religion has not lived up to the expectations of its followers , that is , it has provided for them none of the benefits that they were led to expect when they were first introduced to it . |
| 7 | At the most general level , we can say that the electorate has not lived up to the hopes of those who looked to an active and informed public involvement in policies and elections . |
| 8 | Some perfect and well scarred nut slots protect a tricky move into the final groove , which is bridged pleasantly to the top , always assuming your rope drag has not got out of control . |
| 9 | The suggestion that hand posture during writing provides a ready indication has not lived up to its early promise . |
| 10 | She died last month in her 80th year , knowing — as we all do — that the practice has not lived up to the vision , but still believing that some day it might . |
| 11 | Despite the huge win Rodi has n't moved out of her modest detached home in south London . |
| 12 | See , Sue has n't come back to me , the science department has n't come to me so I 'm not , I may leave that and say , and do something like that next year in a module or wait until I 've finished again I do n't mind , that 's still something in my mind which I would like to do but because talking to the form tutor 's , what I had written down as a fait a complet erm they 're not too keen so therefore I opened up and say you know , which particular things they were interested in the banking one they are very interested in the environment one , yes , within the school tidy upping area that they would like to do but I 've got ta be able to , and I do n't when planting season is or if I wan na put , be able to put flowers in etcetera , you see what I mean ? |
| 13 | Benny usually went home around four-thirty unless the boss offered him some overtime , and Joe Maitland had not arrived back from his buying trip . |
| 14 | Clearly Balliol had not caught up with the decimated decoy party . |
| 15 | Edward had not come back from the construction firm at David with anything saved up , but then , she had hardly expected him to . |
| 16 | Perhaps f just wanted to go back to find out why f had n't got on with the place when everyone else had ! |
| 17 | It 's not surprising , therefore , that with all this emphasis upon grading the members of this department have not got around to experimenting with self-assessment , although both felt they might try and introduce something along these lines for the next fourth year . |
| 18 | While capitalist states elsewhere have had to deal with high levels of inflation , balance of payment crises , low productivity and increasing demands put on State expenditure , Britain has had to respond not only to these problems but also to a decline in its manufacturing base : profits from industry have not gone back in sufficient volume to sustain the long-term investment in new technology that Britain has needed . |
| 19 | Unfortunately the Act has not turned out in the way that its progenitors hoped . |
| 20 | Like the War powers Act , the budget reform act has not lived up to the expectations of those who crafted it . |
| 21 | There is also considerable evidence that even people entitled to , for instance , free glasses , must still contribute significant amounts to the cost , because the value of the benefit has not kept up with the cost of glasses . |
| 22 | The benefits of sustained economic growth in the developed countries had not filtered down to the developing nations during the 1980s . |
| 23 | The promised home help had n't turned up despite several letters , and there 'd been no sign of the district nurse over the weekend . |
| 24 | Lessing consulted Dinah , who had come back tired from an evening full of accidents ; the scenery had fallen , the lesser lady had not come in on cue , the leading man had been a failure and she would have to find someone else . |
| 25 | Elisabeth had not walked over to the Villa with the other guests , but lagged behind . |
| 26 | Maybe the girl had n't reported back to Myeloski , told him that she had failed to seduce him . |
| 27 | Although Fletcher admitted that England have not come up to standard over the last three months , he also believes that a poor itinerary and a lack of turning pitches in English domestic cricket is largely to blame for the string of dismal performances . |
| 28 | It has surprised me that Monsieur has not spoken out before now . ’ |
| 29 | Artists know that this has happened , but much of the art establishment has n't caught up with events , or looked back at the past in the light of that . |
| 30 | ‘ It would never have needed to come out if Graham had n't rushed off to Beirut to find Bernard . ’ |