Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] n't been [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had n't been involved in the organization and knew very little about what was going to happen . |
| 2 | I had n't been tongue-tied in Switzerland , with Masha , Rozanov pointed out . |
| 3 | I had n't been aware of the dust in the convent garden . |
| 4 | I had n't been alone on this drinking jag . |
| 5 | If I had n't been rigid with shock , I might have found it ironic . |
| 6 | if I had n't been stuck in the office all day , if I could of been out and about somewhere it would of been even nicer |
| 7 | Too many people are able to , and do say , ‘ I have n't been involved with TOP at all ’ . |
| 8 | Mind you , erm , I have n't been conscious about him at all , even when he was on the first of all . |
| 9 | ‘ No , ’ said Lucy , ‘ I have n't been fair to you . |
| 10 | ‘ I 've tried to stop it , but I have n't been able to . |
| 11 | ‘ I do n't like making excuses , but I have n't been able to practice as much as I would want . |
| 12 | I sto I have n't been sick for er about a week |
| 13 | I have n't been happy for a long time but now I think I 'm going to be . ’ |
| 14 | I have n't been happy for the last few months and when an old girlfriend asked me out I went along and enjoyed myself . |
| 15 | He brings to football a dimension which has n't been present since the days of the great wingers . |
| 16 | The Macari honeymoon period is in full swing and there 's a determination and self-belief about the players which has n't been visible for some time . |
| 17 | And she would still be listening to Mama 's complaining and thinking up excuses for not having the wedding just yet , which had n't been fair of her , really , because she did want to marry Charlie . |
| 18 | Erm er I 'm she has n't been critical of me . |
| 19 | She has n't been aware of it before . |
| 20 | was actually going to get the information for tonight but she has n't been able to and I have n't seen her . |
| 21 | Maybe she had achieved her present position because she was a woman breaking into a man 's world , but she would n't have survived or been so successful if she had n't been good at her job . |
| 22 | He was quiet , waiting for Shelley to talk , and she began to feel sorry because she had n't been impressed by his offer of a swish night out . |
| 23 | She had n't been strong on words . |
| 24 | If she had n't been due at her craft class at eleven that morning she would have called back later , but as that was n't possible she 'd phone . |
| 25 | She had n't been privy to the goings on at the opposite end of the table , but she had a distinct , almost tactile memory of the girl fleeing , the usual calm repose of her features fractured . |
| 26 | She always said she could n't have gone to Brownies at all if she had n't been able to cycle , for the distance was too far for her to walk , and there was no bus . |
| 27 | She had n't been able to stomach a great deal at breakfast , not after everything that had happened ; now she was starving . |
| 28 | He always felt honoured to have been chosen , because if she had n't been comfortable with him she would have worked him out of the job long ago with little finesse . |
| 29 | She had n't been frightened until then but the high panic in his voice infected her . |
| 30 | It was as if she had n't been aware of the girl 's presence , but she said , ‘ Stay where you are , child . |