Example sentences of "[pron] had not " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had n't a clue what was expected . |
| 2 | I had n't done ‘ drama ’ at school , thank God , so I was completely open coming straight from school . |
| 3 | There was one good thing , though : in all the fuss I had n't had to apologize to Kezia . |
| 4 | ‘ I had n't thought of it like that . |
| 5 | Although I had n't seen her in over thirty years , there was one person in the world who might help me : my sister . |
| 6 | I had n't enough money to get there by conventional means but no matter . |
| 7 | But no I had n't , not necessarily . |
| 8 | Facilities for homeless people are of course open only at certain times of the day and I had n't the money to go anywhere else . |
| 9 | I had n't given up , but that was an ever-present temptation which had to be fought . |
| 10 | What would everyone back at the cafe have thought when , for the first time in eight months , I had n't shown up for work ? |
| 11 | She insisted on having wine with the meal , and as I had n't had a drink in a long time , it made me feel rather tipsy . |
| 12 | I had n't . |
| 13 | I had n't realized just how much I 'd got out of the swing of things but everyone helped as much as they could and I soon adjusted back again . |
| 14 | Well , now , my dear , I had n't thought of that . |
| 15 | In the lift a man I had n't come across before spoke to me . |
| 16 | You think if I had n't bought it and done it up at enormous personal cost this cottage would still be standing ? ’ |
| 17 | I shook my head regretfully — I had n't brought it with me , thinking the English would look down on my caftan with its silver belt — although I saw garments like it selling here at huge prices . |
| 18 | I had n't seen her sitting on a bench not far from the spot . |
| 19 | I had n't even begun . |
| 20 | But it was absolutely clear to me then that I had n't the political antennae , the political flair . |
| 21 | She asked me whether I 'd taken the cat to the vet , and I admitted that I had n't . |
| 22 | Alison was n't keen to take hers , but I managed to persuade her , pointing out that since I had n't been asked for any more money these were almost certainly aspirins . |
| 23 | On Wednesday I met Mrs Matthews in the street and she asked if I 'd taken the cat to the vet and I admitted that I had n't . |
| 24 | I had n't seen him smiling before . |
| 25 | It was nicely presented , moreover , and since I had n't taken any eating irons with me I am pleased to report that nobody asked me to cup my hands together to take my Cottage Pie a la Toulon ? |
| 26 | We were going to see a film and I had n't seen a film before . |
| 27 | I had n't asked to do it , but in fact found it very interesting and that took me as a result into trade union negotiations and finally into becoming personnel director . |
| 28 | If I had n't taken that opportunity I 'm sure I would never have done the things I later did in the refinery business . |
| 29 | I had n't to use the revolver . |
| 30 | And I had n't paid . |