Example sentences of "she had not [verb] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 But she had n't reckoned with how the people would see her .
2 She tried to feel pleased that she had n't descended from such uncompromising stock , but it was still a shock to have been told that William Ash was not her father , and that Eddie had only been her half-brother .
3 When Katharine went for her lesson with Jennie , she had n't ridden since Christmas and was concerned that she would be very stiff and rusty .
4 Of course , she had n't bargained for a hurricane .
5 Damn the man , she had n't bargained for a Peeping Tom role !
6 Rachel stiffened , wondering what was coming next , thinking that Belinda might ask why Jennifer was n't his girlfriend any longer and wondering how he would answer , but she had n't bargained for Belinda 's line of reasoning .
7 She thought that she had n't realized before how important money was .
8 There was a certain bravado about him which she had n't noticed on previous meetings ; a kind of recklessness .
9 He must have taken a short cut that she had n't noticed on her way down , as they arrived back at the house sooner than she was expecting and went straight to the veranda , where Faye still lay on the lounger , enjoying a long drink of iced water .
10 What she had n't noticed until now , being much too busy getting on with her own life , was that he had never really come back out .
11 But then she had n't packed with a hectic night-life in mind , had she ?
12 It was all reasonably clean , and a smell of cooking reminded Sarah that she had n't eaten since early morning when Daniel 's landlady had given her breakfast .
13 As she passed the buffet car her stomach rumbled , as if to remind her she had n't eaten since lunchtime .
14 After Johnny disappeared from view around the corner of the house , Cassie wandered disconsolately indoors , realizing that she needed both the bathroom and something to drink.Although she had n't eaten since lunch time , she had no appetite and the thought of food nauseated her .
15 She had n't eaten since yesterday , except for cups of coffee , but food was the least of her worries .
16 She had n't eaten in hours .
17 And Ruth felt she had n't understood till now what it meant , to be Jake 's daughter ; she 'd never guessed that one day he would turn to her like this , calling her to understand all the past and set her own strength beside his .
18 She had n't trained in null-grav , that much was obvious .
19 Susan wished she had n't wisebacked at her .
20 ‘ Perhaps she was a touch stocky , but she had n't run to fat the way that most of them do .
21 She had n't planned for a witness , but it seemed that she had one ; the woman was over on the iron steps , watching her across the restaurant deck .
22 At that time she had n't moved to Suffolk ; the acquisition of the priory followed later .
23 She had n't moved from the cockpit sole , but crouched there looking aft as if mesmerised by the towering storm front .
24 She had n't moved from the sofa and did n't look up when he pushed open the door .
25 If she had n't reneged on her promise to go to Glenshee , Dane would never have followed her to that tiny cottage .
26 When she left school in 1927 she had n't gone into the sheds .
27 If she had n't gone into that room , heard that doctor talking …
28 They were all older men , who gave her little satisfaction : although to be honest , she had n't gone to their beds for gratification .
29 She had n't gone to any cinema and she hated art films with subtitles .
30 She could n't remember seeing such a cheerful crowd queuing for the cinema , and she took pleasure in their high spirits ; but she was glad that she had n't gone to the pictures .
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