Example sentences of "i have n't [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 I had n't ridden for three years .
2 I had n't planned on going back tonight . ’
3 Well as I say I had n't , I had n't planned on going anywhere .
4 After a while I did something else I had n't done for several months : I began to rough out a poem .
5 I had n't realised at the time how tough it was , ’ he admits .
6 You do record production for other bands , and you did the original demos for Van Halen , which I had n't realised until recently .
7 I had n't noticed to be honest .
8 Funny thing , I had n't noticed before what a one-horse town this was .
9 Cleo tore off towards a fold-up dining-room table on which a hairy brown cat I had n't noticed until now had begun to stir and stretch .
10 I had n't bargained for the next difficulty : ‘ It wo n't work , ’ he commented , ‘ because my son smokes and he 'll take pity on me and give me one when I run out . ’
11 Of course I had n't bargained on technology , because once the hide is cut to size and checked for blemishes it 's actually put on a cutting form and sent through a roller press .
12 Coffee , croissants and the morning papers had seemed very attractive on setting out , but I had n't bargained on being stuck for ages in Kilburn on the way home .
13 And eventually I found a job er as assistant to the er clerking to the rating officer , who had also been a member of t , who was a member of the chapel , and er knew I was looking for a job and er , I had n't written to him cos I did n't know this one was coming up .
14 At any rate the effect was the same as if I had n't written at all .
15 I had n't eaten since my snackette supper the night before and I was so hungry that I would have eaten almost anything , even a plate of my grandmother 's famously awful creamed ham and carrots , the only dish I know to have been inspired by vomit .
16 And I remember , too , those I had n't eaten by the time I got home we hung on the tree .
17 I probably would have stayed longer if I had n't fallen in love with Isobel .
18 ‘ I wish I had n't run after you !
19 I had n't run against Ben that year and I was confident of beating Carl and him , because of the way I had been running .
20 I just , I just honest to God I had n't realized at all the guy was sort of and says er oh it 's probably I said no I 'm sure I was really cheesed .
21 I had n't realized till long , long afterwards , until she after she was dead , that er she and her brother came to work , when the Midland Railway came to Nottingham , they left Norfolk , and he 's got a horse , as a carter , and they walked from Holt , in Norfolk , to Nottingham , in search of a job .
22 And er we were quite fortunate in this cos I went , had to go to a meeting in Sheffield and I had n't realized in advance but at this meeting the people at the meeting were asked to give recommendations as to what priorities should be given in terms of awarding the bids .
23 Actually , I had n't played with Craig on the North American tour but we had trained together and he is such a very good player , and , of course , in playing district and other representative rugby you just have to fit in with different stand-offs .
24 When he had first examined me , my GP had suggested vitamins and we discussed the facts that I had n't smoked for years and that , on the whole , my food was n't too bad .
25 I wish I had n't asked for the damned drink now .
26 I had n't asked for Rosa , that was for sure .
27 Kim fought her way through a dozen pairs of clutching hands to bring me another pint of something I had n't asked for but would n't refuse .
28 Gus Dudgeon : I had n't heard of the guy before .
29 Teething gel ( I had n't heard of the homeopathic granules then ) just before a feed established normal feeding again .
30 I had n't heard of anyone surfing Ke Iki .
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