Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] not [been] [v-ing] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had not been counting own goals for more than a few minutes when I heard extraordinary sounds coming from my wardrobe . |
| 2 | If I had not been chasing that gipsy woman I could have gone to the party and chased Leila . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ If she had n't been screaming all that nonsense at the top of her voice , it would never have happened . |
| 4 | But no , she had n't been wearing that dress , of course she had n't . |
| 5 | She had n't been paying much attention to the journey , and did n't have any idea of where they were ; the archway led into a long courtyard with a cobbled surface and small , squeezed-in houses to either side . |
| 6 | She had not been receiving any fertility treatment and it was only after a routine scan that all was revealed . |
| 7 | ‘ You told me you had n't been using any different chemicals , Bob . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I knew you had n't been paying any attention . |
| 9 | Pavel knew that he 'd not been the best company but then , they had n't been treating this job as anything particularly special . |
| 10 | Thin , pale , intense , he had not been speaking many minutes before we were electrified by this man . |
| 11 | Surely he had n't been using that tone with her a moment ago ? |
| 12 | He had been wanting reassurance for a long time and he had n't been getting any . |
| 13 | But if , if he had n't been doing that |
| 14 | Well at least she 's , he had n't been doing enough work somehow ! |
| 15 | He had n't been paying much attention to what Throgmorton had been talking about on the way here , but he recalled his ears had caught the unpleasant words ‘ casting vote ’ , and ‘ your important role as president ’ . |
| 16 | She knew he had n't been paying any attention to the play . |