Example sentences of "[noun] have n't [adv] [vb pp] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ironically , the Somerset bowling has n't quite lived up to the predictions . |
| 2 | At least the telly has n't yet cottoned on to the dogs , I told him , but he said in Mexico it had . |
| 3 | So far Walt had n't even looked round to see who it was . |
| 4 | and the trouble is of course , they 've , the Methodist have n't really joined up themselves |
| 5 | ‘ And it appeared to me that Casey had n't even picked up what he had said . |
| 6 | ‘ It may help to remember , ’ she adds , ‘ that the man has n't necessarily gone out looking , and he might not even be conscious of what it is he wants . |
| 7 | ‘ The problem is that the Government has n't properly thought through its proposals for contaminated land , ’ says Mr Humber . |
| 8 | Oh , no , she prayed silently , surely Peter had n't blithely handed over one of the family heirlooms ? |
| 9 | It came from the paper 's Atticus column , and was a couple of years old — it looked as if Bill had n't yet got round to filing the latest news on Puddephat . |
| 10 | Traditional current affairs departments have n't quite figured out how to adjust their agenda to meet the shift . |
| 11 | It costs eighty five p , and you can get it from any of the H M S O — Her Majesty 's Stationery Office — or you could order it , I should think , from most bookshops , and that 'll give you a pretty good overview of what Warnock is trying to do , and then , of course if anybody 's interested enough in comparing that with the Act , you 'll see the kind of things that were in the Warnock Report have n't actually come through in the act . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'm rather lame people in the village say you 've caught arthritis , and I caught it a year or two ago but my brain has n't entirely given out . |
| 13 | It 's o onl only a thought anyway , we just , as I say we 're just erm we 're mulling it over and it has n't the jobs have n't even come up yet , but erm it 's , it 's it 's a means to a |