Example sentences of "[num] [noun pl] [conj] had not " in BNC.
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1 | He has lived at his Glebe Farm home for more than 30 years but had not relished fighting for its survival . |
2 | Of the richest thirty-five countries in 1958 , all but six had the required level of primary education in 1920 ; vice versa , of the fifty countries that had not achieved the minimum level of primary education in 1920 , only one was among the developed countries in 1958 . |
3 | And when you say ‘ no up-to-date trading figures ’ , it was only the last six months that had n't been prepared . |
4 | Other men confirmed that they had been subjected to her unwanted attentions and ‘ filthy language ’ over six years but had not reported her . |
5 | Heffer wrote for the two Telegraphs and had not been himself since Mrs Thatcher had been sent packing . |
6 | Lawrie had worked for the organisation for four years but had not been offered an interview , he claimed . |
7 | It was the smell of a hundred bodies that had not been bathed for a week , of a hundred sets of clothes that had been lived and slept in for a week , of excreta and vomit trapped by the windows that had not been opened for a week . |