Hadn't

Her version of Bonnie Raitt's "I Can't Make You Love Me" is nicely understated, but "If It Hadn't Been for Love" – originally by bluegrass outfit the Steeldrivers – feels just slightly hokey.

Adele – review 2011

Hadn't we already ceded Thanksgiving weekend to Christmas?

Rosalyn Hoffman: Christmas at Halloween: The Retail Holiday Megalopolis Rosalyn Hoffman 2010

Hadn't seen anything yet, but thought it prudent to lean my rifle close enough that I could reach it.

New Weekly Contest: Best Hunting Story Wins a Leatherman 2009

Hadn't she just claimed the Queen of Arms title at the Big Apple Grapple one month earlier?

New York's Most Feared Bicep Scott Cacciola 2011

CJC: Hadn't even thought of it ... it IS a thought.

INTERVIEW: C.J. Cherryh 2009

Hadn't seen anything yet, but thought it prudent to lean my rifle close enough that I could reach it.

New Weekly Contest: Best Hunting Story Wins a Leatherman 2009

Hadn't Vecchione, as the lead prosecutor, debriefed Schiro?

Len Levitt: Jabbar Collins: The Sins of Joe Hynes? Len Levitt 2011

Hadn't Vecchione, as the lead prosecutor, debriefed Schiro?

Len Levitt: Jabbar Collins: The Sins of Joe Hynes? Len Levitt 2011

Hadn't heard of 5 in one of the senses used, but a terriffic clue as well. 9's surface is very good, not a wasted word.

Cryptic crossword No 25,249 2011

Hadn't I constructed the perfect fantasy in my head?

Lauren Quinn: On Not Having a Romantic Rendezvous in Rome Lauren Quinn 2010