Example sentences of "[verb] n't [been] [vb pp] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She has n't been gone long after all . |
| 2 | Dizzy 's late and short-lived appearance had n't been planned entirely for effect ; the truth was that he was still fairly weak after his illness . |
| 3 | Sarella spoke all on one tone , trying to pretend she had n't been knocked sideways by the sudden intensity of Marc 's mood . |
| 4 | All the animals are in their cages , but they do n't seem to have very much space , and some of them have n't been fed properly for a long time . |
| 5 | ‘ 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 . |
| 6 | The announcement of the new deployment came from the Gulf , from where our defence correspondent Paul Maurice reports : four landing ships have n't been used operationally since the Falklands War ; then Sir Tristram was badly damaged at Port San Carlos and at Fitzroy where her sister ship Sir Galahad was destroyed with the loss of more than fifty lives . |