Example sentences of "they had [adv] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She felt she had Roirbak and Malamute in a corner : it was just that they had n't yet looked over their shoulders to see the walls closing in behind them . |
| 2 | Perhaps some forgiving souls might protest that former East German athletes had faced a particular difficulty in giving up the bad habits imposed on them by the success-seeking machine of the old Communist regime , and that it would be unfair virtually to close off their future just because they had n't yet properly learned another way of doing things . |
| 3 | Neither Quasp nor Blast exist , although we 've heard that enough worried Mancs have been asking about their location , wondering why they had n't yet heard about them . |
| 4 | A tricky task seeing as how they had n't yet dropped . |
| 5 | Can I also say that the erm the fear expressed about Woolwich , I believe to be fairly well founded Woolwich building , a Woolwich er , Building Society had been on erm , entered into a long time ago on this erm and the letter that was read out at Potter Street area committee from Woolwich indicated that they had n't yet decided whether they would proceed and er I think is I 've talked to the publican since they have promised us an answer this week er we are intending , we have spoken , Dermot 's also spoken to our managing director we are confident we will have an answer from this week and I have to tell you that I think the answer will either no , or it will be so hazy that we 'll need to take some action and make a decision . |
| 6 | Then her eyes slowly began to focus and she realised that they had n't just been tossed on to the bed . |
| 7 | She was too far away to speak before Jay realised they had n't even exchanged names . |
| 8 | At which poor Jack Rogers — a former bricklayer and union leader , and the member of the executive taking the can back as he replied to the debate — innocently protested they had n't been drunk , they had n't even had a cup of tea . |
| 9 | It was n't till years later that I realised they had n't even remembered to ask if f was a lesbian . |
| 10 | They had n't even the satisfaction of knowing that he treated his poor old Dad badly , because all things considered , he did n't . |
| 11 | He waved a disdainful hand at her holstered gun , which they had n't even bothered to remove . |
| 12 | Shannon could n't help but feel a ripple of warmth for the man , even though they had n't even been introduced yet . |
| 13 | They had n't even invented traffic humps fifty years ago . |
| 14 | Well you says they had n't even washed the curtains ! |
| 15 | You know they had n't even matched the same bloody type of car . |
| 16 | It might well have been necessary to invent Yeo Davis if they had n't already existed . |
| 17 | as if they had n't already got enough to do , the referees will have one hell of a job with the new law . |
| 18 | The spots then started disappearing , so I went training even though they had n't completely gone . |
| 19 | And though the Bishop and Treadwell had asked her to their meeting , they had n't really invited her to say what she knew . |
| 20 | They had n't really talked about it . |
| 21 | They had n't really thought about it , untill the complaints from the council . |
| 22 | Well they said they will , they think will be by the time they 've paid up cos they had n't really paid up for , for last years yet ! |
| 23 | We might have been a lot wiser if , presumably to preserve their privacy , they had n't always used English in front of Maria . |
| 24 | They had n't quite known whether to be optimistic or pessimistic about the overnight delay , but they were adamant in their belief that none of these parents was capable of doing the things stated in the allegations against them . |
| 25 | Some bibles say that , that they 've come to this , at the end of the day , they had n't quite , had it at that point anyway , cos they 'd approached it cos they were still alive were n't they ? |
| 26 | They had n't much — just the handholds of the companion , the locker hinges , and the pump-handle of the heads , which was part of the original equipment and was engraved with the date : 1905 . |
| 27 | In interview , the head of science offered these illuminating insights into the way the library project had stimulated book awareness and book selection among staff in his department : A lot of the time teachers did n't know what was available and said " The science shelf is over there " , but they had n't actually looked at the titles of the books before … they were quite pleasantly surprised . |
| 28 | Okay , at that point in time they had n't actually er taken |
| 29 | Or who she assumed was his sister — they had n't actually been introduced . |
| 30 | Denise reveals that they had n't actually planned another child . |