Example sentences of "[coord] [pers pn] [vb past] not [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I 'd not blocked or she 'd not blocked out that time in that way , what would have happened is on the thirteenth , er , of the month , erm , Red would have called me from the Health and Safety Executive would have called me and said , Ricky we 've got er , a remedial leadership weekend on the top of Snowden , and er , on that , on the last weekend of the month , and we 've got a one hour slot for you , that 's just a golden opportunity . |
| 2 | Three years passed , and I had not lost my ambition to become the headmaster of a grammar school . |
| 3 | Neither of us has talked about it and I had not said I was writing until I have now started , but your father says he lay awake nearly all night thinking about it . |
| 4 | Within twenty-four hours , Justine would be hanged , and I had not said a word to anyone about it . |
| 5 | He was annoyed and I had not wanted to get Frankie into trouble . |
| 6 | ‘ And I had not seen you ! ’ |
| 7 | My educational colleagues are a hard-bitten lot and I had not expected them to come out as complete ‘ quality ’ converts . |
| 8 | He had seemed very uninterested , and I had not pursued the conversation . |
| 9 | I still hated and feared the thought of the wild animal inside me , and I had not forgotten the desperate dangers of the day before . |
| 10 | During all the time I had played golf I had not gone into any competitions and I had not got my handicap . |
| 11 | It was a bridesmaid 's dress , left over from her cousin 's wedding in Charters Towers last year , and she had not worn it since , but the brief glimpse she had had of the other female guests had told her that her more casual outfits would not do tonight amongst the Hamiltons ' sophisticated entourage . |
| 12 | She had no excuse for going into his part of the house and she had not seen him near the servants ’ quarters since that first afternoon . |
| 13 | Her feelings of grief were complicated by feelings of guilt and she had not wept . |
| 14 | His wife 's hair was straggling over her eyes , and she had not made up to hide the ravages of the night 's events . |
| 15 | ‘ But Ruth love , ’ Sarah said gently — and she had not uttered a word of reproach — ‘ you need a home ! |
| 16 | She had taken it all for granted for so long , her creature comforts had been assured and she had not given a moment 's thought to how they were provided . |
| 17 | Yes , he had told her , and she had not believed him . |
| 18 | She had played a part that was alien to her nature and she had not played it well at all . |
| 19 | Today was Saturday and she had not written a word since Thursday morning . |
| 20 | He had n't remarked on them , and she had not asked . |
| 21 | Carrie was very pleased to see the change in her father now that he had settled into his new job , but she still fretted over her parents , and she had not forgotten her vow that one day she would have enough money to buy them a decent house to live in . |
| 22 | She had not slept with Ivan , nor ever would , but was deriving a secret satisfaction from the knowledge that present at her party that night would be all the men with whom she had ever slept : or all save one , and he had been from another country , and she had not known his name . |
| 23 | Barbara Coleman lived at the villa and she had not known about the cache . |
| 24 | ‘ I 'm sure your wrong , ’ said Anna , but she remembered how Maria Jakob had said that if the money was not forthcoming she must think of something else , a way to make up to her for Melusina 's death , and she had not meant a donation to the Cats ' Protection League . |
| 25 | The door to his room had been closed and locked when she visited the mother , and she had not bothered to come to the house when Tatyana committed suicide . |
| 26 | As she moved slowly however it became apparent that her tall , slender stance was one of self-defence , not defiance , and she had not taken more than two steps when he was across the room hovering over her . |
| 27 | Yesterday , in the course of their confrontation in the car park , he had assumed she was married and she had not corrected him . |
| 28 | It was humiliating , and she had not expected that kind of reaction from him . |
| 29 | She had wanted to draw again , and to paint , and she had not wondered before the first class as to the group she would be joining . |
| 30 | She had thought it would be a pity not to have him around any longer : Rachel and Maggie both liked him and she had not told either of them about his wife . |