Example sentences of "things have [not/n't] [vb pp] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | But things had not gone that way . |
| 2 | Those of us dropping into Dunedin with a touring international or provincial team could usually rely , if things had not gone well for Otago , on Mains later proclaiming that his side had in some way been unfairly treated either by fate or the referee . |
| 3 | Things had not gone too smoothly in hospital and it was taking a long time to recover . |
| 4 | As the girls had grown older things had not improved . |
| 5 | But in the final analysis , things had not changed since Wellington had pointed to a British infantryman before Waterloo with the words ‘ It all depends on that article ’ . |
| 6 | She 'd invited him round the previous evening and things had n't gone at all as he 'd hoped . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Looked like things had n't changed . |
| 9 | Things had n't changed much . |
| 10 | And that hurt was slight , compared to what it might have been if things had n't happened the way they had tonight . |
| 11 | Things had n't worked out quite the way she had imagined . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | joined PTGI from Guinness Brewing Great Britain in July last year and , as he says , ‘ things have n't stopped for me since . |
| 16 | Well things have n't altered have they ? |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | I 'm amazed satellites and things have n't bumped into it . ’ |
| 19 | THINGS have n't changed much in 45 years . |
| 20 | Surprisingly some things have n't changed … |
| 21 | Now the colonial era has gone , at least in name , but things have n't changed . |
| 22 | institutions — some things have n't changed , |
| 23 | Berners passed on some years ago , but some things have n't changed . |
| 24 | ‘ Things have n't worked out as I had hoped , ’ he started . |
| 25 | Johnston said : ‘ Things have not gone very well for me at Everton and I spoke to the gaffer recently about it . |
| 26 | Things have not gone right this year for the colt dubbed a new ‘ Champion the Wonder Horse ’ after his last-to-first victory in the Breeders ' Cup Juve-nile 10 months ago . |
| 27 | ‘ Do n't imagine you can take it out on me because things have not gone right for you at the party . |
| 28 | If there has been no irregularity , the law does not mend or amend contracts merely for the relief of those for whom things have not turned out well . |
| 29 | Things have not changed : as Cardiff are about to find , these All Blacks are at once an irresistible force and immovable object . |
| 30 | In this sense things have not changed much since the seventeenth century . |