Example sentences of "had not [verb] [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sunlight reflected from a window among the palm trees to lance a sliver of dazzling light at our cockpit , then the reflection was gone and we were at sea level , engines screaming , and I fumbled for the camera , prayed it had not broken when it fell from the ceiling , and took another picture just before Maggot lifted the aircraft 's nose so that we swooped up and over the palm trees that edged the beach . |
| 2 | After a few years , the conclusion was reached that the experiment had not worked as it had been expected to , and cuts in educational spending soon brought it to an end . |
| 3 | It had been a long walk , but Travis was barely breathing hard , a fact she wished she had n't noticed because it underlined his strength and she found that such a potent attraction . |
| 4 | ‘ You had n't considered that it had nothing to do with you , I suppose ? |
| 5 | I decided it was just because she had n't mattered that it had n't been worth shocking her . |
| 6 | She had n't known if it had been changed — it was unlikely — but if nothing else it would help to gain him admittance . |