Example sentences of "n't [vb pp] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She lost him then and had to search and found him eventually curled up amid the wiring in the back of the record-player where he had n't hidden for a long time , not since two dark-haired people who were into black magic had come to dinner and he had disappeared for half a day until she found his secret hole . |
| 2 | Very busy I have n't stopped for a second . |
| 3 | This is n't intended for the profound jottings which occur in the back of the van after a gig ( to be auctioned at Sotherby 's when you are dead ! ) . |
| 4 | ‘ In Swansea , I heard a chant I had n't heard for a while : ‘ Who beat the Wallabies ? ’ |
| 5 | right , I mean I 'm not quite sure how Coslow will go about things , I mean the reason we wanted someone from Coslow is cos we wanted someone from the Federation of Scottish Theatre cos we had n't heard for a while |
| 6 | Landing with obstructions on the upwind side is particularly dangerous and is just the sort of error people tend to make when they have n't flown for a while . |
| 7 | I have n't arranged for a secondary . |
| 8 | But he was badly informed again and had n't calculated for the Americans . |
| 9 | Some of this experimental technology will go into SAS release 6.09 , most will roll into version 7.0 , which is n't expected for a couple of years yet . |
| 10 | I have n't toured for a few years now , apart from the World Cup and I made that an exception because I felt we could go all the way and win it . ’ |
| 11 | Girls at the back of the room , we have n't come for a chat . |
| 12 | " You do n't know what your talking about , " Katherine began , experiencing a deep burning rage that she had n't felt for a long time , a rage all the more intense because she knew she could do nothing about it . |
| 13 | So far they had n't applied for a search warrant to go over the boat , but Maurice did n't care if they did . |
| 14 | Cos she has n't applied for a green card to work , cos there 's point |
| 15 | Then Sutton , says he , got narked and asked Pilger why he had n't applied for the editor 's job himself . |
| 16 | Kate has a sensitivity and a gentleness in her face that we have n't seen for a long time . ’ |
| 17 | He wrote to his sister , who he had n't seen for a year , as he had been travelling round Europe before joining the Legion . |
| 18 | And we decided to get lots of copies for all our friends that we have n't seen for a long long time so I asked if they could do them for me but I thought they would be back by now , well they should of been back ages ago actually ! |
| 19 | No , she actually just , I have n't seen for a long time so she can have one of these . |
| 20 | Sandra 's friends would all be so much younger than herself , and then she heard that the guest list comprised all age groups and included many of her old local friends whom she had n't seen for the past two years , and so she decided to go . |
| 21 | Ah , now this is the one I have n't done for a long time , now this is the one |
| 22 | Oh well if you have n't had chi or have n't done for a long time you enjoy them . |
| 23 | Have n't done for a long time . |
| 24 | No , I have n't done for a while see I |
| 25 | Now erm getting to those words yourself instead , I 'm sorry , things we have n't done for a week or two lots of word they 'll be lots of them in the exam I 'm telling you . |
| 26 | So , when the house is full , and my husband 's away , and I give up my room to some guest like your Rainbow 's Aunt Goldie — I spend the night in my father 's study , and reading all the texts that were n't written for the eyes of women . |
| 27 | ‘ Nothing really , ’ she murmured , wiping any crumbs away from the edges of her carefully painted mouth , ‘ just thinking that this is nice , that we have n't argued for the past half an hour or so . ’ |
| 28 | We had brought jackets , but were n't prepared for the cold . |
| 29 | But he was n't prepared for the shock of seeing those eyes , his daughter 's eyes of startling green flecked with gold , that looked out from Simon 's face . |
| 30 | I did n't know what I expected ( chanting and rune casting , perhaps ) , but I was n't prepared for the tingling sensation affecting the areas of my body immediately underneath her small hands . |