Example sentences of "[pron] have [not/n't] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had not at that time met any Americans but the sight of them prowling through what was now my favourite town , talking in their unfamiliar accents to anyone who would listen , rubbed me up the wrong way . |
| 2 | I had not at that time ever been to India . |
| 3 | Smith has been dismissed as ‘ presence of mind Smith ’ from his alleged remark on returning without his companion from a disastrous outing on the river : ‘ If I had not with great presence of mind hit him on the head with a boathook both would have been drowned , ’ but the story comes from Reminiscences of Oxford ( 1st edn. 1900 ) by William Tuckwell , who in his second edition ( 1907 ) consigned it to oblivion ; moreover , there was no charge of murder . |
| 4 | I had not in those days looked at the real aspects of the drink question — had not seen the responsibility that rests on each one to be guiltless in regard to that which is sapping our country of some of its brightest intellects , and killing numbers of her sons possessed of generous impulsive natures . |
| 5 | yesterday I have n't for four for five years . |
| 6 | I 've already told him I 'm gon na get my arse kicked cos I have n't for eight you see . |
| 7 | Anyway I have n't about any of the newfangled ideas . |
| 8 | I have not at any time or in any capacity written to Cllr Anderson . |
| 9 | I have not at any point heard Judge Tumim suggest that such a crime is appropriate . |
| 10 | I have not since 1918 been a religious woman . |
| 11 | I had not , I have not to this day , the remotest notion of what they were all doing . |
| 12 | Good sense says that they should go as far as they can but return from time to time to those parts of the plan which have not at first been realized . |
| 13 | ‘ I do n't think there 's anybody who 's worked here for a time who has n't at some time felt like crying , or who has n't actually cried or felt really down . |
| 14 | She had not at all looked forward to being a débutante and wearing fancy women 's clothes , and not being allowed to climb trees , and accompany Papa , who always , said her mama despairingly , let her do exactly as she pleased . |
| 15 | She had not at first taken it seriously . |
| 16 | In her girls ' school , it was a bit like joining a club — " girls who had on this side , and girls who had n't on that side " . |
| 17 | It 's like , girls who had on that side , and girls who had n't on that side , — can I join , kind of thing . |
| 18 | These two are in a very small minority of black sportsmen who had not at some stage faced the distressing realization that they were black and so they were different and that difference could significantly limit their chances of access to the kind of resources available to others , prestige , affluence , esteem in the eyes of others . |
| 19 | Nicolo was there , standing just where Bob Calder had indicated , the only person who had not in any way acknowledged her presence . |
| 20 | Collectively , that does not leave many of us out ; and there can , of course , be few of us who have not at some time or another suffered from what might be thought of as a sexual problem albeit , perhaps , a trifling one . |
| 21 | The estimate for ninety=four , ninety- five , is that there will be some one point three eight five million pounds required , but I er , have to say , that we have not , as in previous years , we have not at this stage received from the D F E er , details of of how the er indirect element of A N G will be calculated for next year , so the requirement may differ er in in due time . |
| 22 | Sir David said : ‘ In handling the Yang Yang case , which was a very difficult case because it was used by various groups for propaganda purposes , we have not in any way gone against the 1982 understanding . ’ |
| 23 | The turmoil inside her had not by any means subsided and she put her hand to her lips , testing the surface carefully . |
| 24 | Well , yes now in fact we know they have not in that study . |
| 25 | No he has n't at all . |
| 26 | He has n't after all said anything false , because he has n't said anything at all : all he 's done is sigh . |
| 27 | Williams , Textbook of Criminal Law , 2nd edn , Stevens & Sons , 1983 , 764 , criticised Pitham : if a butler invites the maid to join him in stealing the Duke 's silver when he has found the key to the safe , surely he has not at that time appropriated the silver . |
| 28 | China 's initial response was that the speech could not be considered as a basis for talks " because it has not at all relinquished the concept of the independence of Tibet " , but on Sept. 23 disclosed an offer to hold direct negotiations to which the Dalai Lama responded positively . |
| 29 | But it has n't in other jurisdictions such as in the US , and parts of the Commonwealth or Europe , ’ said . |
| 30 | For if that sudden drift of snow in the air a few minutes ago had seemed romantic to the young bride — or the bride 's mother — it had not in any way pleased Cara . |