Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [verb] [not/n't] [adv] been " in BNC.
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| 1 | " I know I have n't always been what a husband should be to you — but that does n't mean I do n't appreciate and admire your beauty . " |
| 2 | I know we have n't long been acquainted , but will you do me the honour of becoming my wife ? ’ |
| 3 | A drawer can stop the payment of a cheque lost or stolen by immediately informing the bank , giving the cheque number and payee , providing it has not already been passed through a bank . |
| 4 | If you issue a cheque and then decide you want to ‘ stop ’ payment you can , providing it has not already been paid or been guaranteed by your cheque card . |
| 5 | a large number of datasets exist which have not previously been brought together or documented , or the current collection tends to be patchy in coverage ; |
| 6 | Kapuscinski generalises : ‘ the degree of consciousness that drives one to demand justice or do something about obtaining it has n't yet been reached . ’ |
| 7 | Rather , we fear what has not previously been within the realms of our experience : the unknown , or what could be . |
| 8 | The French minister of industry , Dominique Strauss-Kahn , Thursday announced that the French government has paid SGS-Thomson Microelectronics NV the first part of the $466m in research and development aid it agreed to pay over five years — the Italian government is supposed to pay the same amount over the same period : ‘ I have signed with SGS-Thomson a contract for a multi-year development effort in France ; the sums for 1993 , $83m from both sides , have been paid , ’ he said ; a spokeswoman for SGS-Thomson in Paris said she had not yet been able to confirm Strauss-Kahn 's assertion ; the separate recapitalisation , which Brussels recently approved , is still conditional on a firm decision being taken on the Italian side , and would be effected in three payments — $227m split evenly between the two partners and an identical payment three months later ; the third payment of $455m is set to be made in 1995 . |
| 9 | Police said they had not yet been able to identify the man but he is not believed to be local . |
| 10 | You see Mr Brown he explained they have n't really been getting presents . |