Example sentences of "not [adv] [adj] [conj] i had " in BNC.

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1 Not so young as I had thought
2 Three young men with loop and stud earrings in one ear ( the lad on the Caledonian Canal fishing boat was not as individual as I had thought ) had three beefburgers and a pie each and then a chocolate KitKat with their tea .
3 I felt pleased of course , but strangely enough I did n't feel as elated as perhaps I should have done : not as elated as I had been after setting my British record in Madrid .
4 Brought down to earth with a bang , I sheepishly confessed , not yet aware that I had found my spiritual home .
5 I was not very worried as I had been told that the school was very good .
6 I still was n't quite sure if I had got it quite right .
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