Example sentences of "[noun prp] have [not/n't] [adv] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 One is that Mr Lawson has not yet succeeded in getting a handle on domestic demand , and the signs of success this summer were misleading .
2 Far from being ‘ non-interventionist ’ , in this case Mr Lang has not only acted as promoter of the scheme itself , but also as overseer of the setting up of the public inquiry .
3 Though Steven had not yet qualified as a doctor/passed his A levels/opened his restaurant/learned to tell the difference between a gasket and a sprocket , it was obvious that they had much in common .
4 Johnny had n't even flinched at the insult .
5 In the difficult economic climate of the 1970s and 80s there have been more frequent cries from industry for assistance , which States have not always resisted in their desire to minimise the disruptive effects of economic change .
6 In this case , the Law Lords chose to say that the GLC had not adequately taken into account the interests of the rate payers and that the interests of the users of public transport had been unduly preferred .
7 Billy Egan and Terry Place had not quite risen to their ranks , although Egan at least had aspired to .
8 Probably Jordan had n't really spoken at all , he was a kind of doppelganger telling Coffin not only what he ought to do , but what he also knew .
9 He said Nicola had not yet talked of her reasons for running away from her farmhouse home near Biddulph , Staffordshire .
10 The 7100LC Hummingbird CPU has been configured for both big- and little-endian application software , encouraging speculation that is being styled to accommodate Microsoft Corp Windows NT — to which Hewlett-Packard has not yet committed on its RISC lines — as well as Unix .
11 Seven years later , however , Christien has not only got over the pain but has used the experience to make him a better actor .
12 An increasing amount of documentary material , however , particularly among the evidence which led to the indictment of Weinberger , suggested that Bush had not merely known of , but also encouraged pursuit of the deal against the objections of Weinberger and the then Secretary of State George Shultz .
13 Yeltsin pointed out that the RCP had not yet registered as a political party .
14 In the early days I had been a bit disappointed that the NUJ had n't immediately leapt to John 's defence , but ever since I had first been to see the General Secretary , Harry Conroy , and his assistant , Tom Nash , the union had done what it could to respond to what was asked of them .
15 The only part of the globe not mentioned is the Antipodes , for Joseph Banks and Daniel Solander had not yet returned from their voyage with Captain Cook in the Endeavour and plants from Australia , New Zealand and the Pacific Islands had yet to be described .
16 Thérèse had not once cried in public for her mother .
17 Gwyneth have n't really started on doing any of that work yet .
18 Ice-T has not yet commented on the situation , but Body Count 's manager , Jorge Hinojosa , said ‘ We 're glad to be doing the dates we are on the tour ’ .
19 The difference in both salinity and density of the salinity minimum west and east of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge suggests that more recent , denser LSW has not yet spread to the east .
20 Yet Connors had n't even hinted at it .
21 By 1967 the industrial sector of the West Bank had not only shrunk from 12 per cent to 9 per cent of the gross domestic product , but was now smaller than in any neighbouring Arab area , and in particular in comparison with industry in the East Bank , which had been virtually non-existent before 1948 .
22 Filmer had n't even glanced at me , still less had known me .
23 Coleby had n't really changed for all his success .
24 Aubrey and Cora-Beth had not long returned from a lengthy ride across the lush , undulating pastures and were still wearing jodhpurs and cool , open-necked shirts .
25 The third book was about the progress of thought versus theology in mediaeval times ; Paul had not yet decided on a title .
26 Both knew that the other knew that Steve and Maria Luisa had n't just met for the first time .
27 Madonna had not even appeared in court with him .
28 Lorton had n't even thought of lunch .
29 Eliot had not altogether left behind his earlier anthropological interests .
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