Example sentences of "they had n't " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was too far away to speak before Jay realised they had n't even exchanged names . |
| 2 | At which poor Jack Rogers — a former bricklayer and union leader , and the member of the executive taking the can back as he replied to the debate — innocently protested they had n't been drunk , they had n't even had a cup of tea . |
| 3 | At which poor Jack Rogers — a former bricklayer and union leader , and the member of the executive taking the can back as he replied to the debate — innocently protested they had n't been drunk , they had n't even had a cup of tea . |
| 4 | In fact , I only met one decorator … a young couple wanted to buy a piece and I offered them a discount as they had n't got a decorator - at which she drew herself up and said : ‘ We are not married . |
| 5 | Probably they had n't been on stage more than half a dozen times before they were put under this microscope . |
| 6 | They had n't got what people call the ‘ right connections ’ , they had just one thing in common . |
| 7 | They had n't a clue where the fire was coming from . |
| 8 | They had n't seen him in months . |
| 9 | But in the end it was n't enough because they had n't the courage to confront and defy the handful of men who control the trade union bureaucracy . |
| 10 | They had n't got no kids , yelling and nagging at you the minute you get in , crawling all over you in the night because they 're cutting their bloody teeth . |
| 11 | They had n't grasped how popular American cinema had become with audiences worldwide . |
| 12 | But apart from that incident , it was a great show and he did the same kind of thing in Seattle , Kansas City and the sort of cities in the Mid West where they had n't heard of him — it was too early — but Tony DeFries was as good as his word . |
| 13 | It might well have been necessary to invent Yeo Davis if they had n't already existed . |
| 14 | They had looked at each other , disconcerted at this apparent lack of liaison , but McLeish had been reassuring : very natural that they had n't compared notes , extremely useful that he now knew how long the car had been there . |
| 15 | But , with the notable exception of the free-market Institute of Economic Affairs ( widely regarded in the 1960s , by people who now wish they had n't , as a home for impractical crackpots ) , they were guardians of the chalice of consensus . |
| 16 | After all , she told herself in extenuation , this was the first thing she had ever done to please herself … but , said a small voice — ‘ but ’ is surely the most miserable little word in the English language — but … they had n't asked to come into this vale of tears … . |
| 17 | But they had n't done any harm . |
| 18 | They had n't time to make another hole . |
| 19 | If only they had n't become so friendly , he was sure he would have enjoyed having a relationship with her ; but he had a rule about not mixing sex with friendship . |
| 20 | They had n't had gas in their last room . |
| 21 | They had n't been to see him today . |
| 22 | They had n't been to visit Baby in hospital either . |
| 23 | Maybe they had n't got any clothes , and they could n't afford one of the nice rooms , and they did n't belong anywhere , but they had each other and they had Baby to visit each day . |
| 24 | The clerk behind the hatch asked for their empties before she 'd hand over the new bottles but they had n't got them . |
| 25 | Apart from that one time when Gloria went off instead to cheer the King , Dot could n't remember a day when they had n't been to visit whatever hospital he was in . |
| 26 | They had n't been hurt , not so much as a graze on them , yet when the all-clear sounded , they came out of their buildings and stood on their street with blank eyes that seemed to stare inwards . |
| 27 | Now that they had n't Baby to visit any more , all that was bound to start again . |
| 28 | But perhaps they had n't cared enough ? |
| 29 | Perhaps they had n't wanted her to see . |
| 30 | Cyril Gibbs says the council dumped a lot of stuff there that they had n't room for in the new building . ’ |