Example sentences of "thing have n't [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 'd invited him round the previous evening and things had n't gone at all as he 'd hoped . |
| 2 | Er we did n't always know what was going on but erm , we did catch the planes when they took off in the morning and we watched them come home in the afternoons and we got some ideas sometimes when things had n't gone quite right and I 'm sure we did share with you in your grief . |
| 3 | Looked like things had n't changed . |
| 4 | Things had n't changed much . |
| 5 | And that hurt was slight , compared to what it might have been if things had n't happened the way they had tonight . |
| 6 | Things had n't worked out quite the way she had imagined . |
| 7 | It was no good saying in her defence that she 'd only meant to be Cara Kingsdale for an hour , because things had n't worked out that way . |
| 8 | Richards said : ‘ Things have n't gone well for me this season because of injuries but I want to stay on here to finish the job . |
| 9 | But pleasant as much of the Algarve still is — with endless beaches , sandy little coves and whitewashed towns — things have n't gone entirely to plan . |
| 10 | joined PTGI from Guinness Brewing Great Britain in July last year and , as he says , ‘ things have n't stopped for me since . |
| 11 | Well things have n't altered have they ? |
| 12 | In a couple of years ' time , if things have n't improved , doctors plan more test , including a bone marrow analysis and a liver and bowel biopsy . |
| 13 | I 'm amazed satellites and things have n't bumped into it . ’ |
| 14 | THINGS have n't changed much in 45 years . |
| 15 | Surprisingly some things have n't changed … |
| 16 | Now the colonial era has gone , at least in name , but things have n't changed . |
| 17 | institutions — some things have n't changed , |
| 18 | Berners passed on some years ago , but some things have n't changed . |
| 19 | ‘ Things have n't worked out as I had hoped , ’ he started . |
| 20 | First of all there is the inevitable sense of shock , what psychologists call denial : ‘ This thing has n't happened to me , it ca n't be true . ’ |
| 21 | Ruby sighed , ‘ One thing has n't changed in three million years . |
| 22 | Whilst a quiet revolution in terms of style has taken place at Allied , one thing has n't changed . |
| 23 | But one thing has n't changed since the early days — at low level the huge formation will navigate by map , despite the sophistication of their aircraft . |
| 24 | She did n't want to feel grateful that the whole thing had n't degenerated into something absurd and degrading . |