Example sentences of "had not do [pron] " in BNC.

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1 The problem was not that people had not done their jobs : they had .
2 A newspaper report of an inquest on a patient at the Biggleswade institution appeared to imply that the guardians had not done their duty in respect of the provision of adequate nursing staff .
3 He wrote to the company 's insurers outlining Susan 's complaint , and eventually received a letter explaining that he would have to provide evidence that the stylist had not done her job properly .
4 When she got to her desk she saw that it would not do ; it was not an essay day but at that rate there would be no essay to write ; she had not done her week 's reading .
5 I had not run well ; I had not done myself justice .
6 In every case , wrote Harsnet ( typed Goldberg ) , if we had not done what we did but something else the consequences would have been equally disastrous .
7 In these cases either party would be able to say that the certificate was not binding because the expert had not done what he was appointed to do .
8 The archbishop hoped that this offer would be sufficient to restore peace , and Lancaster together with Wake and others swore a solemn oath that they had not done anything against the estate of the king or to the dishonour of his royal lordship .
9 In the end Flimnap realized that his wife was not in love with me , and had not done anything wrong , but he was still angry with me .
10 I told her what she expected to hear — that I had not done anything much .
11 However , the majority of teachers who were interviewed claimed that they had not done anything different from what they would have done were they not being observed , but that they had probably prepared lessons more carefully and thought things through more .
12 Penelope 's way home took her along St Basil 's Terrace , or if it had not done she would have arranged her journey to include it , even if it had meant a slight detour .
13 It 's not that the show secretary was er at club had not done his job .
14 Many times during this pocket lecture she could have turned and looked at her instructor , and put him clean out of countenance merely by looking ; but she had not done it because she was so sure that he was the young man from the entrance booth , a licensed enthusiast , and entitled to his brief moments of emotional escape .
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