Example sentences of "[adj] had [not/n't] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They turned increasingly to those areas where the British and the French had not made much progress : to the Balkans , Turkey and South America . |
| 2 | But the French had not managed to divert or to accommodate the forces of nationalism . |
| 3 | The French had not disappeared , and he had not imagined them.They were in Frasnes . |
| 4 | The Inspector had been shot behind the ear at close range , but according to later medical reports , this had not killed the unusually strong policeman . |
| 5 | Indeed , this had not gone unnoticed by those on the governing body as one person remarked that she ‘ had the clenched fist on the side of the car ’ although this had not been mentioned at the interview . |
| 6 | Heseltine brushed aside attacks on his ‘ socialist ’ policies by pointing out that this had not prevented the Prime Minister from including him in her Cabinet . |
| 7 | He was by no means a major figure in British politics at the time , though this had not prevented his being offered in 1920 , when he was a mere back-bench MP , the governor-generalship of South Africa — an offer which was withdrawn when the South Africans pressed their desire for someone more important . |
| 8 | This had not prevented the government signing orders for the extradition of two cartel members on Sept. 11 . |
| 9 | Barnett J. went on to hold that the district judge had mistakenly overlooked the reversal of the burden of proof at the second stage but that this had not vitiated his assessment of the material and arguments , nor his arrival at the correct conclusion that the prosecution had discharged the burden thus placed upon it . |
| 10 | Otto 's wife Caroline , for instance , was alleged to be Edgar Lintot 's cousin , though this had not emerged in the days when Liz Ablewhite had been briefly married to Edgar Lintot . |
| 11 | We also established that a similar sum had been paid in through our Strangeways Branch although this had not caused any alarm . |
| 12 | Detective Inspector Milsom said with deep feeling that this had not helped in the investigation so far . |
| 13 | Kraal had long ago warned Creggan that autumn was Slorne 's worst time but so far this had not proved so . |
| 14 | To date , however , this had not resulted in major practical steps being taken by companies , the survey showed . |
| 15 | Unfortunately , this had not held true with her last boss . |
| 16 | This had not happened on such a scale before and encouraged MacMillan to stage another biographical work , Isadora , which followed the pattern of his earlier Anastasia . |
| 17 | Mr Paul Lewis , the colliery manager in charge of the rescue , said : ‘ I would rather this had not happened . |
| 18 | If this had not happened nothing could have stopped him and the whole party would have been dragged down after him . |
| 19 | According to them it was a wonder something like this had not happened before . |
| 20 | In the past MacArthur had frequently reiterated his wish for an early peace treaty but this had not happened recently . |
| 21 | Previously this had not happened since 1924 . |
| 22 | This had not worked either . |
| 23 | Her plaintive whisper had projected itself right round the Hall , but this had not put paid to her determination to secure his attention . |
| 24 | She regarded Caspar and Caspar , to whom this had not occurred , looked more worried than ever . |
| 25 | But this had not improved Britain 's competitive position , and all it did was reduce the home demand for products , thus increasing unemployment further . |
| 26 | Likely this had n't escaped the customer . |
| 27 | This had n't stopped him following the actual strategy , but Richmann was n't about to let anyone tell him how to do his job that was a matter of principle . |
| 28 | It was surprising , now he came to think of it , that this had n't scared him off , but he 'd been lulled by her flippancy . |
| 29 | A look at the estate map of 1634 gives a picture of the village as it was then , and it is probable that this had n't changed much from the previous centuries . |
| 30 | I would have rung if this had n't happened . |