Example sentences of "[conj] i had n't [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | McEnroe was philosophical : ‘ It just got to be too long where I had n't won the big one . |
| 2 | Although I had n't met him before , like many would-be adventurers I 'd read a lot about his life and experiences . |
| 3 | He had known where I was because he had received all my letters , although I had n't received any of his . |
| 4 | Although I had n't seen her in over thirty years , there was one person in the world who might help me : my sister . |
| 5 | We replaced the police barrier to prevent a repetition of Sal 's sudden decision to travel sideways , although I had n't seen another car on the hill either time I 'd been there . |
| 6 | ‘ It was the last day of school and I had intended to phone you later although I had n't decided what to say . ’ |
| 7 | How was I to combat it , physically , menially , and although I had n't thought of it in those terms , spiritually as well ? |
| 8 | Although I had n't come across this Siberian wader before , it does turn up in Shetland occasionally . |
| 9 | Although I had n't had as many fish as the bait fishers I was very pleased with the success and the quality and also with being afloat at sea in such idyllic circumstances . |
| 10 | Of course … except that I had n't noticed this . |
| 11 | I had become so interested in a nice neat pattern that I had n't checked if I had found all the shapes . |
| 12 | I realised that I had n't visited her for some weeks and agreed to go to her house after school . |
| 13 | Because I would think it 's that I had n't given you the |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | ‘ I try to keep the grey cells working , ’ I shouted back , more to reassure him that I had n't done a runner out of the kitchen window . |
| 16 | I could feel him right outside , but it bothered me that I had n't done anything . |
| 17 | I had told Ron , who was with me in Rome , that I had n't seen the point in attending the practice , but he had persuaded me that I ought to attend . |
| 18 | Except that I had n't seen him since he lay on his camp-bed and watched me sleeping naked with his beloved wife , the woman I 'd always characterized to him as ‘ sister ’ . |
| 19 | Despite Schlesinger 's claims that ‘ there was n't anything in the movie that I had n't seen in some way somewhere ’ and ‘ one was always confronted by something worse on the streets than one was putting into the film ’ , they were attention-getting elements , unabsorbed into the texture of the film . |
| 20 | I replied cautiously , acutely aware that I had n't seen Spock and Kirk do their thing for years and that I 'd only seen one episode of the new series . |
| 21 | I looked nervously at her face , but it wore a smile , a reminiscent smile that I had n't seen before . |
| 22 | to you on the phone that I had not seen the job and that I said yes alright knowing I had n't seen the job , also that you knew that I had n't seen it and if I did n't agree with it , then I was gon na change it , and I 've changed it ! |
| 23 | The greatest relief was that I had n't called in on my way down or I would have been with them . |
| 24 | Now it seemed fortunate that I had n't ; just as it seemed , though still obscurely , fortunate that I had n't lost my head in other ways when I wrote to her . |
| 25 | I polished the latches a bit with my shirtsleeve , then I put the briefcase back exactly as I 'd found it and took my leaf-trembling self along to the dining car , already regretting , before I got there , that I had n't stayed until the Canadian left , knowing that I 'd wasted some of the best and perhaps the only chance I would get of seeing what Filmer had brought with him on the train . |
| 26 | I realized that I had n't moved two feet away from the oven all morning , and I was exhausted . |
| 27 | Of course , you did make it clear that I had n't disturbed a lovers ’ tryst out there by the lake , so I 'm curious to know what did send you rushing through the grounds in such a state of agitation ? ’ |
| 28 | Ven uttered , and to her delight confessed , ‘ Well , there was that occasion when , after being disturbed by thoughts of you all night , I rang you at your hotel the next morning in the hope that I had n't disturbed you . ’ |
| 29 | How I wish that I had n't gone . |
| 30 | How I wish that I had n't gone . |