Example sentences of "[vb past] [not/n't] [vb pp] and [art] " in BNC.

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1 Ferdinand VII could believe that , as in Spain itself , the years 1808–14 could be treated as if they had not existed and the ancient order could be restored .
2 It had an EOP policy that it had not implemented and a proportionally higher percentage of men in ‘ leadership ’ positions .
3 Bicker muttered to himself as he rode in front , but they made better time for the wind had not risen and the sun was almost warm .
4 School was going to be closed early because the rain had not stopped and the school and village were nearly totally cut off from everywhere else .
5 I could have stayed there , wandering round , watching Sam exploring with waving tail , nosing into the shady corners where the sun had not reached and the ground was iron hard and the rime thick and crisp on the grass .
6 In Varley v Whipp [ 1900 ] 1 QB 513 , the facts concerned the sale of a second-hand reaping machine which the buyer had not seen and the court interpreted the concept of sales by description to cover all sales of specific goods where the buyer was relying on the description .
7 On my return she said my man had not woken and the S.S.O. had been in .
8 So , in a case where the seller was to build a yacht for the buyer and they agreed that on payment of the first instalment the vessel and all materials used in its construction should become the absolute property of the buyer , the court held that nevertheless no property passed on payment of the first instalment because at that time the boat 's construction had not commenced and the materials to be used had not yet been identified , McDougall v. Aeromarine of Emsworth Ltd. ( 1958 Q.B. ) .
9 Jesus had not returned and the first generation Christians were beginning to die .
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