Example sentences of "had not [be] [vb pp] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The talks were regarded as significant given that on previous visits to the United States , the Dalai Lama had not been granted a meeting with the President . |
| 2 | If his marriage was in trouble it was because he and Diana had not been given a chance . |
| 3 | The line had not been run a week before all Europeans connected with it were discharged , and the whole thing was controlled by the Chinese , who had carefully watched the progress of the work , and had stored up a vast mass of data for future use . |
| 4 | It was easy enough to find Victorian and Edwardian houses which had not been changed a jot , but with houses of earlier periods it became increasingly difficult . |
| 5 | In the particular case in question , the complainant 's father had not been offered a bed by the health authority , although he was assessed as needing nursing care . |
| 6 | During that pause I realized that Mala had not been offered a seat , nor any food or drink . |
| 7 | They had not been shown a repeat of the film — they had merely watched it in their minds . |
| 8 | The government on March 14 , 1990 , reached agreement with the International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) on a second structural adjustment programme ; Congo 's first such programme , initiated in 1985 [ see p. 34406 ] , had not been considered a success . |
| 9 | ‘ Oh , get up , ’ said Angalo , embarrassed at the Abbot acting like that in front of someone who , however much of a friend he was , had n't been born a Store nome . |
| 10 | ‘ Sometimes I wish I had n't been born a Catholic , Joe . |
| 11 | We had to buy one ; it certainly was n't given and do n't forget we had n't been paid a salary while travelling . |
| 12 | They 'd both been working for nearly two years , and all that time they had n't been paid a penny . |