Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] [pron] [verb] [not/n't] [been] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some of the work the Aborigines have produced is quite beautiful , especially where it has n't been corrupted by commercial interests . ’ |
| 2 | David Rigg , commercial development director , reminisced nostalgically that there has not been such a boom in his business since the rush to decolonise Africa some 30 years ago . |
| 3 | And the letter is tells me basically that they 've not been able to find out what the cause of the explosion was , and that there has n't been any further explosion since . |
| 4 | Nevertheless , no measures were taken against him at the Restoration , suggesting perhaps that he had not been a republican by choice and may have worked towards the return of Charles II . |
| 5 | It 's only that I have n't been able to get to the bank , being ill and all that , and I have n't got any money for the rent . |
| 6 | Only that you 've not been on his bike or yesterday . |
| 7 | Perhaps if it had not been for the Shakoor Rana affair the TCCB might have handled this quietly and sensibly by issuing a non-committal statement and letting the fuss die down . |
| 8 | Perhaps if I had n't been a fool I would have been the dead girl in the road . ’ |
| 9 | Perhaps if he had not been created a cardinal deacon he would have stayed in Bologna longer . |
| 10 | They 're not strong enough and they have n't been trained . ’ |
| 11 | Mildred would have been absolutely thrilled by it all if she had not been so terrified of the task ahead of her . |
| 12 | Thirdly , the coach is in the business of picking winners , not his friends , so if you have n't been selected , you have to admit to yourself that perhaps you did n't deserve to be . |
| 13 | And so if you have not been concentrating on the question |
| 14 | Some people tend to use the arrowed direction keys too much and neglect the more powerful methods available , especially if they have not been trained to use a word processor . |
| 15 | This is no mean task , especially if they have not been doing any recruitment for the past few months . |
| 16 | Some of the prescribed topics may not at first seem particularly appealing , especially if they have not been covered in school before , but avenues can be explored for presenting them in an interesting way . |
| 17 | There is really little point in scolding the puppy at this stage , especially if it has not been used to the big outdoors before . |
| 18 | it would n't of been put in if it had n't been accurate at the time |
| 19 | There will be broad scholarly interest simply in seeing the whole thing together and in reuniting certain pairs or groups of paintings which were conceived together but which have not been seen together in the past . |
| 20 | They had gone out together but there had not been a sexual relationship between them as Faye had been unwilling to sleep with Harris , said Mr Chadd . |
| 21 | These measurements also make it clear that Mercury is a good deal more spherical than the Moon , perhaps because it has not been subjected to the tidal forces of a nearby planet . |
| 22 | Apparently because it had n't been done before … |
| 23 | It went against the grain with Hotspur to let such an illustrious company move south unchallenged into England , merely because they had not been intercepted in time to confront them on reasonably equal terms . |
| 24 | ‘ Only because I have n't been able to prove it yet . |
| 25 | But he was already a fallen idol in Patricia 's eyes , all because he had not been able to deny himself a sentimental gesture before leaving . |
| 26 | His position could be summed up as saying that so long as it has not been established beyond doubt that God does not exist , we should believe in God . |
| 27 | His backsliding into sloth had happened so slowly that he had n't been aware of it . |
| 28 | All these workshops that have been going on that we have n't been to . |
| 29 | Parliaments thrive best where they have not been created suddenly from scratch , but have evolved from a monarch 's Council of Elders . |
| 30 | It became apparent very soon that I had not been employed because of my skills as a salesman . |