Example sentences of "[n mass] have n't [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | The only irritation is that Comet Data has n't installed the drivers for the mouse or the graphics card , you have to do this yourself . |
2 | Anyone who thinks youngsters need coaching to catch fish has n't seen them at it . |
3 | Madeleine was wearing a dress Thérèse had n't seen before . |
4 | My hooking and losing a fish had n't put them off . |
5 | Yet the staff had n't realized it , and nor had some of the readers . |
6 | ‘ It was like those people had n't eaten for days , ’ a Wells Fargo spokesman said later . |
7 | But that was before television , people had n't seen animals . |
8 | She stared at him as he sipped his lager , thinking it was a shame his compassion for handicapped people had n't extended to her sister when she had most needed him . |
9 | No , I 've arranged to rent Mr Boldwood 's farm , and I could have been your farm manager as well , if — well — if people had n't said things about us . ’ |
10 | It was like when his Giro cheques from the unemployment people had n't turned up the last time he 'd been out of work ; it was all done to wear him down . |
11 | And the fact that quite a lot of people had n't turned up on a certain day or that sort of thing . |
12 | People have n't turned overnight into saints . |
13 | Mr Sandy recalls that the biggest challenge was just to get the name known in the major markets in Europe : ‘ Whether the message coming back was ‘ Unbekannt ’ or ‘ Pas Connu ’ the gist of it was that we were unknown and if you 're trying to sell whiskies people have n't heard of , then you have n't got much to go on . ’ |
14 | For instance , if people have n't exhibited management ability in what they think are the worthwhile things they 've done over the past 30 years or so , the chance of them ever being good managers is remote . |
15 | Maybe it 's a pity that people have n't lost the head a bit ; that they have n't gone berserk and showed up the authorities for what they are — I do n't know , unfeeling , inhuman , unconcerned . |
16 | Vivienne Westwood , current British Designer of the Year , had a very clear idea of what she was looking for : ‘ Something unorthodox that people have n't seen before . |
17 | Sort of consortium What — somebody tell me in the group what sort of press release you had , what did it describe , so that we , the other people have n't seen it , have they ? |
18 | Because er in the past people have n't filled in the value of the erm of the work element in in the databases . |
19 | And I think really what 's needed is actually going out , I mean , it could be a useful new thing that , a new departure that other people have n't done . |
20 | It is rare for such declarations to be made — but that is usually because people have n't given any thought as to how best to behave and therefore have nothing to declare . |
21 | Yes , it 's not , they 've turned it into a total university trained job erm , people have n't given award . |
22 | The grass is always greener when 700 people have n't tramped across your lawn , reflects Alan Titchmarsh . |
23 | It 's a wonder people have n't had serious injuries from them really . |
24 | So it 's lucky people have n't died in these incidents ? |
25 | People have n't looked at the directors of certain charitable organisations ; well , it has to be looked at . |
26 | well a number of things have come up so let's just take a couple of votes as er , from hearing from a few people and of which people have n't managed to speak so , first of all , er , er people talked about fear being larger than the incidence of assault , are you afraid to go out in the dark ? , button one for yes and button two for no do you find that your afraid to go out in the dark , and then this hundred and that 's a very , I mean that 's , that 's a very significant figure fifty seven out of this hundred women say yes that their afraid to go out in the dark from time to time , I mean that , that is not as it should be , let me ask you are you ever afraid in your own home ? , button one for yes and button two for no and that two is a very worrying figure , twenty nine of of this hundred say yes their afraid in their home , let me ask you this have you trained in self defence ? , button one for yes and button two for no , I mean its something that comes up from time to time and I do n't know what your view and whether or not its a good idea , well twelve of the hundred here have er , eighty eight say no , of those twelve would you recommend it ? , did it make you feel better ? , yes |
27 | ‘ Funnily enough , that 's been one of the nice things about Harwich : people have n't overburdened everything with all my troubles and they 've just been themselves . |
28 | What , what , what I would say is this , there always , there always talking about anti social behaviour around the town and as I say if people have n't got the necessary coin , it could lead to anti social behaviour , it 's as simple as that . |
29 | He says some people have n't got the cover they 've paid for . |
30 | Er , I I 'll skip through it cos ' most people have n't got the copies with them , er we looked , you 'll remember that the A C C ops meeting thanked us for providing Beeston with a U V lamp for M O T examination . |