Example sentences of "[adj] [pers pn] have [not/n't] [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm sorry I have n't written since then , but I 've felt very confused about some things that happened with us and you did n't seem to want to say any more . |
| 2 | I 'm afraid I have n't experimented with these overmuch , mainly because I have some cottons on cone that are not branded , lurking in the cupboard . |
| 3 | She hardened her heart and thought she should swiftly make it clear she had not come in search of him . |
| 4 | Funny she had n't put in her last name . |
| 5 | I am sorry you have not heard from Sydney , you can not be long without letters , if they are not arrived already [ letter torn ] . |
| 6 | ‘ No , and I 'm glad I have n't had to ! |
| 7 | It seemed incredible I had n't thought of that before — normally I was constantly aware of his proximity through the thin dividing wall . |
| 8 | Being called upon by the media as an expert , either in print or in a programme which it is obvious you have not paid for , lends far more credence to your comments than if it is obvious you have paid to have them put in — |
| 9 | Not only is the method not scientific but , to the extent that Marx did make certain historical prophecies which can be related to empirical evidence over long periods of time , these can be examined and by and large they have not proved to be valid . |
| 10 | They thought we had made a fool out of the preacher and were sorry we had n't ducked out the door as they would have done . |
| 11 | After a few minutes I unexpectedly found myself singing a song which I was sure I had not sung since Eton days forty years before . |
| 12 | He had read and enjoyed her diary though there were things in it that he was sure he had not known at fourteen and that he felt , uneasily , were not quite suitable for her to know . |
| 13 | I went down again to his room to make sure he had n't returned in the night . |
| 14 | So you 're quite sure he has n't gone in the other rooms then ? |
| 15 | quite sure he has n't heard of before . |
| 16 | My mother said with patient scorn , ‘ Speaking of Derek , we 'd better ring him and make sure he has n't forgotten about the wedding . ’ |
| 17 | Very busy I have n't stopped for a second . |
| 18 | The truth was that they were just jealous they had not thought of it before and made all of that money . |
| 19 | Do n't tell George : he 'll be jealous he had n't thought of it for himself . |
| 20 | And there was always hope that the Westward family would see her one day as an elegant lady and be sorry they had n't kept in touch with the child who was after all their own flesh and blood . |
| 21 | I 'm so thankful he has n't come to any harm . |
| 22 | An attractive young blonde I had n't seen before was offering me a joint . |
| 23 | He was terribly disappointed she had n't flown at him or reacted more strongly . |
| 24 | I 'm surprised I 've not heard of him before . |
| 25 | He once told NME , ‘ I 've smoked so much pot , I 'm surprised I have n't turned into a bush ’ . |
| 26 | ‘ I 'm surprised I have n't heard about you on the grapevine . |
| 27 | Astonished he had not heard from Donleavy himself about Miller taking over , Coleman sometimes wondered afterwards , in exile , if Donleavy had been a code name for Matthew Kevin Gannon , one of the intelligence agents who had died with Major Charles McKee on Flight 103 . |