Example sentences of "had n't [verb] [pron] [prep] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The installer had come highly recommended , but that had n't prevented him from installing our boiler without one ! |
| 2 | Dislike might be bubbling inside her like bitter acid , but it had n't prevented her from doing a good job . |
| 3 | Now she began to wonder about that ; it could n't simply be because she 'd disliked him , since she 'd disliked clients before , but that had n't prevented her from giving them the same professional treatment she gave to everyone . |
| 4 | She had only to take one look at him to realise he had n't forgiven her for walking out on him , nor for going to see Robert Dexter behind his back , and her heart sank . |
| 5 | Mrs Hollidaye had n't said anything about cooking it . |
| 6 | The Princetown psychs had n't said anything about sending in a back-up . |
| 7 | He had n't said anything about going home for tea . |
| 8 | Travis had n't said anything about going abroad last night . |
| 9 | In fact we turned up some gas shares on the way , but er and a bit of cash , but that was n't enough to pay the funeral accounts and she made no provision for paying any of the bills so I sold the gas shares towards paying the funeral account and then got shouted at by the er beneficiary children because I had n't consulted them about selling the gas shares and I said Well , they have to be sold because there 's bills to pay and there is no way of dealing with that . |
| 10 | I had n't thanked him for doing the walls . |
| 11 | It was only as she rounded the corner that she remembered she had n't thanked him for walking her home . |
| 12 | Except he had n't told her about finding Charlie Singer . |