Examples of 'i had not' in a sentence

Meaning of "i had not"

I had not is a grammatically incomplete sentence that indicates the negation of a past action or experience. It implies that the person did not do something or did not have a particular experience. The phrase is commonly used as part of a longer sentence or narrative to indicate what the person did not do or did not have at a specific point in the past

How to use "i had not" in a sentence

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i had not
I had not seen any of your movies.
And whose love brought me a joy i had not felt.
I had not anticipated your winding up in jail.
Thank you for the lovely day if i had not met you.
I had not expected yours to come so soon.
I felt a gnawing hunger as if I had not taken food for a week.
I had not seen any like that.
My life would have been very different if I had not gone in that confessional.
I had not bandaged like that long.
I was surprised that he was aware of a story that I had not mentioned to him.
I had not expected to see you again.
I would not have believed it if I had not seen it with my own eyes.
I had not been sleepwalking for a long time.
I returned the first installment of my fee as I had not given a complete explanation.
I had not even thought of the subway.

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I should not like to be a critic of the past if I had not improved upon it.
I had not imagined so many had died.
Think of what would have become of my life if I had not met you.
I had not the strength to free myself.
But there were some things that were strange which I had not done on my own.
I had not seen one until now.
I was warned by a doctor two years ago that I had not long to live.
I had not been told you were also bereaved.
I saw in you things that I had not seen in other women of your profession.
I had not imagined he would bring her.
It would never have begun if I had not kissed her on the very heart.
I had not the slightest fear of death.
I would not have charged him if I had not a solid case against him.
I had not interested me the secrets of others.
The road would be going into nowhere if I had not the lake appearing on OpenStreetMap.
I had not gone a mile when it began to rain.
You might still be living peacefully at the monastery if I had not persuaded you.
I had not intended this night to happen.
What brings me here is an impulse which I had not felt for a long time.
I had not even time to put on my hat.
I had only come to greet a lady whom I had not seen for years.
I had not expected to see you here.
Colossal castle the walls of that owned by a gentleman I had not yet met.
I had not heard that one before.
It took all I had not to hit him.
I had not right to involve you in my life.
If your film festivals I had not been discovered.
I had not noticed that but it is true.
It took everything I had not to flip out.
I had not been this desperate for years.
I knew that I had not lost my shears.
I had not seen so many stars in years.
In a new role I had not seen before.
I had not fully considered that fact.
There at least I had not to pretend to be a priest.

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