Example sentences of "had not [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fleischmann and Pons were seeing 25 per cent unaccounted-for heat sometimes and had not yet more than the hope of proving that there were neutrons proving fusion ; Jones claimed to have seen a few neutrons at levels which , while interesting for science and understanding aspects of the Earth , bore no large scale practical benefits — what use is a billionth of a watt ? |
| 2 | However , she had little patience with those non-conforming ministers who continually moaned and complained about their losses and dangers , and , ‘ would have no man be a minister that had not so much self denial as to lay down all at the feet of Christ , and count no cost of suffering too dear to serve Him . ’ |
| 3 | Having seen taxis north of Adrar , and then a couple of days ago , a convoy which had not so much as a compass , I had begun to think the desert not so terrible after all . |
| 4 | Many now happily experienced that Christian fellowship of which they had not so much as an idea before . |
| 5 | Seen in profile , Nicholas had not so much changed colour as quietly congealed . |
| 6 | Whereas Gaston had managed to buy a small boat to go fishing , Marius had not so much as managed the purchase of two matching garden chairs . |
| 7 | Leith saw Travis give her a warning look , but , since Rosemary 's name had not so much as been mentioned , much less the name of the place she came from , she saw no harm in revealing , ‘ My parents live in Dorset . ’ |
| 8 | Isambard had not so much as looked round . |
| 9 | There are a few examples of maverick programmes ( like Rapido ) selling themselves , so , encouraged , we decided we had not too much to lose ( more money … ) : we should check out the world 's biggest film and TV market , MIPCOM . |
| 10 | They had not very much time . |
| 11 | Well er grown in just in rotation you know working the land every five or six year rotation er and er you had not very much hay . |
| 12 | No longer might the English call themselves ‘ roys de la mer ’ , for France had not only good rivers but good ports , too , the list given including the new port of Granville . |
| 13 | She had not before this night thought of the sheep in the bus shelter . |
| 14 | In the end , Clara , exasperated beyond endurance , brought up once more the possibility of cremation ( not daring to mention , even in her own mind , which had not quite forsaken filial tenderness , the possibility of the once-praised dust cart ) and Mrs Maugham , square , immutable , said quite astonishingly for her , and invoking sanctions she had been deriding for thirty years , that ashes must go to ashes and dust to dust . |
| 15 | Mm , cos somebody had n't up wrong then Where is she ? |
| 16 | She did n't like it when Dot slipped in unseen and with Mr Brown gone off to college , she had n't so many people who would listen to her . |
| 17 | He had n't so much as asked . |
| 18 | Well er er it had n't , well I du n no whether I should record this , it had n't very good reputation for pay and employment , but anyway |
| 19 | Of course the text itself had n't literally all been erased . |
| 20 | I 've managed to erm , the first time we went skiing is when we lived in the States , we went to like , er , not dry ski slopes there , but it was like false snow , that 's the same as you erm , they were really , was like eleven years ago , sort of like , technology had n't quite advanced terribly much , you know , and these bindings , you had like , metal clips on the bottom of your boots , and you had to put the thing in and clip the boot , clip the thing round on the skis , to keep your boot on the ski , right , it was n't like toe clips where you shove your foot , |
| 21 | They had n't quite known whether to be optimistic or pessimistic about the overnight delay , but they were adamant in their belief that none of these parents was capable of doing the things stated in the allegations against them . |
| 22 | He had n't as much in his head , that one , as an addled egg . |