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 . |