Example sentences of "[vb base] n't [been] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'ave n't been back to Tyler 's 'ard from that day to this — I could n't bear to . |
| 2 | I have n't been doing much baking lately . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I have n't been sleeping well , lately . ’ |
| 4 | We have n't been able to locate anyone who makes exactly that bird house ( it may even have been especially made ) . |
| 5 | I have n't been very successful with my aubergines the last couple of years , as they keep being eaten by caterpillars . |
| 6 | ‘ No , ’ said Lucy , ‘ I have n't been fair to you . |
| 7 | Thirdly , the coach is in the business of picking winners , not his friends , so if you have n't been selected , you have to admit to yourself that perhaps you did n't deserve to be . |
| 8 | I have n't been in the least difficult about your doing all that sewing . |
| 9 | ‘ Amanda , I have n't been sleeping well . ’ |
| 10 | Here , you have n't been drinking . ’ |
| 11 | I continue to be surprised all those little panes of glass have n't been smashed in , but a metal door comes down at night and the neighbourhood is full of tourists anyway . |
| 12 | ‘ It 's because I have n't been winning for a while and I am desperate . |
| 13 | ‘ The most difficult thing in a situation like this , ’ says Jacques , ‘ is to find words that have n't been used already in a Feydeau farce , ’ as though imitating Feydeau 's words and situations was something that any fool could do . |
| 14 | One song reveals the damaging influence on their minds of their sojourn in London : ‘ Soccer Fan ’ is a peon of praise to Everton 's midfield cruncher , Norman Whiteside. l CURIOSITY KILLED THE CAT Get Ahead ( Mercury ) You can tell that Curiosity Killed The Cat have n't been around for some time . |
| 15 | Surely the old Frenchman and his family have n't been killed ! |
| 16 | ‘ They have n't been in touch with me since so I 'm wondering what they 're going to do about it , ’ said Stuart . |
| 17 | I have n't been to an organized campsite for perhaps fifteen years , so all this is new to me . |
| 18 | ‘ Mike , ’ he said , ‘ I wonder if we have n't been starting from the wrong end . |
| 19 | ‘ Of course I have n't been in any rackets . |
| 20 | ‘ You have n't been waiting here since school ended , have you ? |
| 21 | ‘ They have n't been restored or retouched . |
| 22 | ‘ Mr O'Shea , ’ she said sternly , ‘ you have n't been doing your exercises properly . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ You have n't been that long away . ’ |
| 24 | I have n't been selling snide Rolexes for nothing , you know . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ We have n't been able yet to speak to Miss Morgan 's solicitor , ’ he observed . |
| 26 | Bumper stickers proclaim ‘ Honk if you have n't been indicted ’ . |
| 27 | For a long time now , they have n't been looking at each other . |
| 28 | ‘ Do you think I have n't been over every inch of that argument a million times ? |
| 29 | It 's these unexploded shells , quite a number littered about and we have n't been allowed down there for so long , it 's all barbed wire , I believe . |
| 30 | ‘ Why do n't you tell me about it ? — Sorry I have n't been around for the last couple of days . |