Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] not [been] [adj] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I have n't been homesick either , and get regular telephone calls from my parents back home ’ , she explained . |
| 2 | ‘ I have n't been absent all that long , ’ he protested . |
| 3 | I have n't been brave enough to write to a publication of any sort before , but it is one of my favourite pieces of music , and this is the greatest performance I 've ever heard ( and I mean of anything ) , so thanks for the opportunity . |
| 4 | Bartram s query regarding Kalm s American observations was dealt with : Miller had not seen whether Linnaeus had included them in his Species of plants , but mentioned that Kalm had published them himself ; ‘ in the Swedish language ; but as I do not understand it , so I have not been curious enough to send for the book , nor do I hear any good character of it . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ This is attractive for when the variable premium goes many farmers will look at early lamb production , which has not been profitable enough in the past when the cost of spongeing was included . |
| 6 | The requirement of being implementable in the form of programs imposes a new and healthy constraint on theorising which has not been present previously . |
| 7 | The tears which had not been far away came to the surface . |
| 8 | On the same day Prime Minister Hanna Suchocka said that she would firmly use the increased powers given her by the small constitution , including giving orders to ministers , which had not been possible before . |
| 9 | But yet there 's no doubt at all that despite the technical shortcomings of his work in subsequent judgement , erm Russell by this work became , I suppose , the main founder of modern logic , the main founder of this kind of logic which by the much more sophisticated symbolic apparatus erm is able to panelize a much wider range of logical phenomena , and hence to reveal the structure in a way which had not been possible before . |
| 10 | She had n't been good enough to keep her plants alive . |
| 11 | That despairing bleat touched a heart she had n't been sure still existed . |
| 12 | She had wanted to meet the young man again , but now the opportunity had been afforded her she had not been confident enough to accept it . |
| 13 | She had not been maudlin then : the tears , Dexter felt , were as much ones of laughter as of despair . |
| 14 | She had not been brutal enough to mention the office rumour and Ayling had not expected his words to be interpreted that way . |
| 15 | At the last moment she had not been brave enough . |
| 16 | And she had not been blind either . |
| 17 | ‘ What did you do that for ? ’ said Bravd , who had n't been close enough to hear the words . |
| 18 | On Nov. 13 and 17 respectively the court ruled that Stoph , who had not been well enough to attend the previous day and had heart problems , and Mielke were too ill stand trial . |
| 19 | Does n't it worry you that you have n't been able really to make an efficient crackdown here and your officers are still suffering attacks ? |
| 20 | We 've not been long here really have we ? |
| 21 | The Soviet Union and China are not impossible , but we have not been successful there before . |
| 22 | Obviously we have n't been good away from home this season but I was pleased again with the attitude on Saturday . |
| 23 | ‘ We have n't been able yet to speak to Miss Morgan 's solicitor , ’ he observed . |
| 24 | ( ii ) he/she has not been resident therein , during any part of that three-year period , wholly or mainly for the purpose of receiving full-time education . |
| 25 | he/she has not been resident therein , during any part of that three-year period , wholly or mainly for the purpose of receiving full-time education ; |
| 26 | There has n't been many now . |
| 27 | There had not been many there before him , reading the file on Michael Holly . |
| 28 | There have n't been any here for years and years . ’ |
| 29 | We 'll take any signals from the UK Government but there have n't been any so far |
| 30 | International conferences could provide the vehicle for international co-operation and co-ordination , but apart from the few international conferences organized by the British Library and by the International Association of Technological University Libraries ( IATUL ) there have not been many more than a dozen , and none of these has focused on the need for international co-ordination ; although they have kindled a certain amount of international co.operation . |