Example sentences of "had n't [verb] [pron] [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the other hand , perhaps the youth was just plain stupid and had n't realised what would happen when he started waving that placard about . |
| 2 | She knew she was overdressed for the occasion but had n't realised it would make her look both predatory and incom-petently so , since one of the main adult sports at Chris 's school was trying to get that nice Major Maxim remarried . |
| 3 | I had n't realised he could score like that . |
| 4 | I had n't realised he could score like that . ’ |
| 5 | If I had n't stopped you would have made love with me , and that is n't the action of a woman desperately in love with another man , is it ? ’ |
| 6 | She had n't guessed it would land her in the thick of a family feud . |
| 7 | If that had n't worked I 'd have tried something else , but , rather to my surprise , you snapped up the bait first time … ’ |
| 8 | Because of this , it was felt , it presented Anish Kapoor in a position of such seniority alongside all the other three that if he had n't won it would have been more embarrassing that if he did . |
| 9 | Margaret had accepted his story of taking urgent samples across to Belfast ; it was true , but that had n't meant she 'd believe it . |
| 10 | If we had n't tried we 'd have split up anyway . |
| 11 | Ace had spoken of his intention to try and pull strings on her behalf , but she had n't thought he 'd have that much clout with a multi-national the size of IMP . |
| 12 | She had n't thought she would understand what Fand meant ; but after only a moment the sense came to her that she was looking at a prisoner — at someone captive , helpless . |
| 13 | She had n't thought she could stomach anything , but now that it was placed in front of her … |
| 14 | ‘ If you had n't come I would have been up all night . ’ |
| 15 | And I expect if your father had n't died she 'd have had at least twenty children ! |
| 16 | If only they had n't interfered she might have been let off minute by minute her situation worsened . |