Example sentences of "had [not/n't] [vb pp] [adv prt] [prep] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | passing the questioning to the Mountie bridged the void neatly , and the Mountie told us that the reason that Steve , Angelica 's business manager , also her lover , had not turned up at Toronto station was because he too was dead , struck down in his apartment by blows to the head with a mallet . |
| 2 | It looked as if Old Hubbard had been drinking again and had not shown up on Tuesday . |
| 3 | Tommaso had not come back at Ascension , though some others who 'd been called to military service at the same time walked into town one afternoon . |
| 4 | Since he had not come back to Møn he must be dead — there could be no other explanation . |
| 5 | ‘ It would never have needed to come out if Graham had n't rushed off to Beirut to find Bernard . ’ |
| 6 | Maybe the girl had n't reported back to Myeloski , told him that she had failed to seduce him . |
| 7 | ‘ Not then , no , because the scheme we 'd concocted was that my ‘ husband ’ was a soldier , who 'd died abroad , and everyone would , hopefully , have continued to believe it , if Phena had n't flounced off to England to discover her roots ! |