Example sentences of "[pron] have n't [vb pp] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'm relieved to see slow-dancing with me has n't turned out to be the traumatic experience you obviously feared . ’ |
| 2 | . I 'm surprised yours has n't dented yet . |
| 3 | If I had n't chucked away the rulebook shortly after Johannes Gutenburg invented printing , this would be the proper time for me to rise and shine . |
| 4 | I did n't look at Bob ; did n't want to see his disapproval , all too wretchedly aware that I had n't done very well . |
| 5 | You see , I had just graduated to the position of providing a horse and cart , and any amount of people wanted that job so I would have lost it , maybe for good , if I had n't turned up . |
| 6 | The greatest relief was that I had n't called in on my way down or I would have been with them . |
| 7 | Shetland has no biting insects apart from a few midges in late summer , and I had n't realised just how much of a problem these Arctic mosquitoes could be . |
| 8 | ‘ I had n't realised just how well you were able to protect yourself ! |
| 9 | ‘ To tell you the truth , I had n't realised quite how much I 'd got in the habit of the kind of organised chaos we worked under at St Margaret 's . |
| 10 | ‘ Because he was my best friend ; because I had n't realised then that he was a compulsive gambler . |
| 11 | Fighting back in earnest now , Luce said , ‘ I had n't realised then that she was your fiancée . |
| 12 | ‘ I had n't realised how hard you have to work , and how co-ordinated you have to be with the more difficult movements . |
| 13 | ‘ I had n't realised how talented a player he is . |
| 14 | I had n't realised how tired I was till I saw that bed . |
| 15 | I needed it , I had n't realised how much . |
| 16 | I had n't realised how bad things were until the children were playing some complex fairy-tale game . |
| 17 | I had n't realised how small she was without them . |
| 18 | I had n't noticed particularly . |
| 19 | I suppose it 's always been there , but I had n't noticed before . |
| 20 | I had n't noticed before , I was too upset for details like that . ’ |
| 21 | I had n't noticed before . ’ |
| 22 | I snap , eyeing the lobsters , and observing a dozen fat oysters , discreetly arranged around them , which I had n't noticed before . |
| 23 | That is perhaps why I did n't hear the name of a tall , dark-haired handsome girl whom I had n't met before . |
| 24 | That 's right , well no , these were people and , some of the people I knew , some of the people I had n't met before . |
| 25 | and I had a very sheltered life , I was an only child , I had n't been around much , I had n't stayed away from home erm and I came to Suffolk to visit a girl penfriend who was working at Brandeston Hall and erm she at that time was expecting to get engaged to a chappy in the village here who was , and still is a friend of Hector 's and ours , and they did n't marry in the finish but she at that time wanted me to come up to Suffolk to see her and to meet this chappy who she thought she was going to marry and erm so , it was holiday from the art school where I was and I thought well why not ? |
| 26 | Wish I had n't messed up every relationship I ever had . ’ |
| 27 | If I had n't run away and made good , you 'd never have been the father of Lady Firth . |
| 28 | ‘ Er , actually , I had n't run out . |
| 29 | I had n't decided then . ’ |
| 30 | I had n't realized just how much I 'd got out of the swing of things but everyone helped as much as they could and I soon adjusted back again . |