Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] n't [vb pp] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had n't ridden for three years . |
| 2 | After a while I did something else I had n't done for several months : I began to rough out a poem . |
| 3 | I had n't bargained for the next difficulty : ‘ It wo n't work , ’ he commented , ‘ because my son smokes and he 'll take pity on me and give me one when I run out . ’ |
| 4 | When he had first examined me , my GP had suggested vitamins and we discussed the facts that I had n't smoked for years and that , on the whole , my food was n't too bad . |
| 5 | I wish I had n't asked for the damned drink now . |
| 6 | I had n't asked for Rosa , that was for sure . |
| 7 | Kim fought her way through a dozen pairs of clutching hands to bring me another pint of something I had n't asked for but would n't refuse . |
| 8 | ‘ In Swansea , I heard a chant I had n't heard for a while : ‘ Who beat the Wallabies ? ’ |
| 9 | In the evening we all got dressed up to go to a ball nearby , and over dinner I had a good chance to catch up with some friends I had n't seen for years , and meet various husbands too ! |
| 10 | Who I had n't seen for goodness knows how long . |
| 11 | ‘ I had n't worked for about a year and a half , and I was about to compromise — to take a part in a stupid comedy . |
| 12 | Well , I I was fairly new in the company myself so I had n't worked for his father for long before took over the managership or chairmanship or whatever he is , so I I 'm really not too sure about the whole thing but certainly for a quarry manager or quarry director or owner , he did n't really know the slate as well as the workers , and he was expecting things out of his workers and the slate , the product , that were really just not on . |
| 13 | He was just checking that I had n't left for good , was glad that I had n't , and was that real coffee he could smell ? |
| 14 | I noticed how happy people were , which was something I had n't known for a long time . |
| 15 | At this moment , at this precise moment , a feeling came over me that I had n't had for nearly a month . |
| 16 | Sometimes he brings things I have n't asked for . |
| 17 | ‘ I have n't asked for any , and they have n't sent them . ’ |
| 18 | I have n't asked for any favours from you . ’ |
| 19 | Nothing too mettlesome , because I have n't ridden for more than three years . ’ |
| 20 | I have n't gone for the rack thing because if they can get that lot in a rack then go ahead ! |
| 21 | I have n't played for years . ’ |
| 22 | Getting pissed off trying to apply for jobs ( I have n't applied for any yet and I 've missed loads of deadlines ) just thought that somebody out there may have a high flying job for a graduate ( preferably in leeds ) that pays loads of money . |
| 23 | In desperation I sometimes reverted to tuning step-by-step by harmonics , something I have n't done for yonks . |
| 24 | Obviously I get the odd pains from it because I 'm doing things I have n't done for 15 months . |
| 25 | Every night I do something I have n't done for years . |
| 26 | There 's so much I have n't done for this exam . |
| 27 | Ah , now this is the one I have n't done for a long time , now this is the one |
| 28 | No , I have n't done for a while see I |
| 29 | ‘ I tell you this , Mr Millet , two or three years ago I would n't have had the time to sit down and chatter about a chap I have n't seen for more than a year . |
| 30 | ‘ But I 've promised to look up some old friends I have n't seen for ages . |