Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [not/n't] [been] [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not only had I proved myself a liar but I 'd not been much good at school and did n't even get my leaving certificate . |
| 2 | I had n't been any great shakes at boxing , but I 'd thought as a young man that I might be . |
| 3 | Before she could think how to respond without sounding defensive he was saying : ‘ You are angry with yourself , remorseful because if you had not been late this thing would never have happened . |
| 4 | ‘ If you had n't been asleep all this time , you 'd know that we are nearly there . ’ |
| 5 | There was no doubt in his mind that they would break in , since there had n't been any failed revolutions on the island during his time . |
| 6 | Bambi smiled thinly , and Sheridan said in a loud voice that he thought the whole thing was stupid ; everyone knew there had n't been any goddam kidnap attempt and why did n't Zak stop messing around and piss off . |
| 7 | There had not been such severe storms in southern England for hundreds of years , and the structure of woodlands had not been so regularly modified by gales as in the more stormy north of Britain . |
| 8 | The party 's vice-chairman , Mr Peter Morrison , betrayed the Tories ' nerves : ‘ It would have been extremely surprising if , after 15 years as party leader and over 10 years as prime minister , there had not been some dissenting voices . |
| 9 | It had n't been all that friendly to me , but I let that pass . |
| 10 | And it had n't been some unknown island wine with mystical aphrodisiac properties , had it ? |
| 11 | We were told he might have got aggressive or moody but he had n't been any different from usual . |
| 12 | What had not been right that day ? |