Example sentences of "[not/n't] [vb pp] it [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | It could however intervene if any of the following defects were present : if the agency relied on factors which Congress had not intended it to consider ; failed to consider an important aspect of the problem ; offered an explanation which ran counter to the evidence before the agency ; was so implausible that it could not be sustained ; or failed to provide a record which substantiated their findings . |
2 | I had not heard it used by anybody else until it was uttered by Jim Taggart , well known to TV viewers as Glaswegian . |
3 | Although I have not seen it scratch against rocks recently , it does still occasionally gulp air from the surface . |
4 | ‘ But I have not seen it close . |
5 | My right hon. Friend said that we had inflation licked in a way that we had not had it licked for years . |
6 | Oh you 've not bought it have you ? |
7 | No , er it 's not closed it 's left open . |
8 | The USA told the Philippine government on Sept. 24 that if agreement was not reached it wanted four years to withdraw its forces from Subic Bay . |
9 | When it is not expelled it seems to backfill so the tubes get coated in thick white mucus . |
10 | I 've not 'eard it goin' lately . ’ |
11 | And if Barbara Coleman had not known it appeared unlikely that Sabine Jourdain had . |
12 | Er in paragraph a hundred and eight of that paper and I 'd I 'd like to read er read a quotation out , However because an exception is not acknowledged it does not mean that provision could not be made for this . |
13 | once or twice , or the barrel , and that 's overflowing , you 've not emptied it have you ? |
14 | ‘ I had n't realised it had all taken so long — it was lunchtime when the alarm went off . ’ |
15 | ‘ I have n't heard it called that before . ’ |
16 | I think one of the reason why you have n't heard it mentioned specifically is because it is integral to a lot of the bits of work that we 're doing . |
17 | I have n't heard it put like that , but I think it 's a very accurate and perceptive one . |
18 | However , she has n't let it get to her : ‘ I do n't think I have suffered from the male domination thing as much as other women might because I 'm a belligerent , stubborn , loud-mouthed bastard , basically ! ’ |
19 | Well it is but I mus n't let it annoy me Brenda because in a way he must know what he 's doing . |
20 | oh , I have n't seen it advertised |
21 | Pop has n't seen it has he ? |
22 | We have n't seen it have we ? |
23 | Well you , cos you have n't seen it have you Alison ? |
24 | A new craze had swept in and he just had n't seen it coming . |
25 | It must be awful thing and of course you tend if , if you have n't got it to tend to think for god sake , you know it 's a , it 's a nice day |
26 | I have n't got it written down , oh a compromise that 's it yeah , a compromise . |
27 | I would just like to answer one or two things , erm , erm , he , he , one of the things he 's saying er , is that erm , oh dear I 've forgotten what I was going to say now , and I have n't got it written down , got it written down , can I go on to something else erm , the Home Secretary does seem to be in some disarray over the proposed bill . |
28 | Said alright , so I filled out a bloody form and I went to Michelins , they knew nothing about it and they had n't got it displayed either ! |
29 | ‘ He came — and I had n't got it to give him ! ’ |
30 | But they have n't got it quantified to such a point where they can actually distinguish a tonsillectomy which might have a lot of procedures but actually takes about half a minute with er other things that are , you know , much much more complicated and the cost of tonsillectomies is unreasonably high compared with erm , you know , with |