Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] [verb] [not/n't] been [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She opened her eyes and was aware of being in her mother 's bed , where she had not been for over ten years . |
| 2 | Where they have not been in government ( eg , the ex-communist Party of the Democratic Left in Italy ) , they have profited , being relatively scandal-free . |
| 3 | I 'm ever so disappointed that I 've not been to Yugoslavia , I wanted to go to Dubrovnik , you know , it 's been on the sort of list but I 've never got round to it . |
| 4 | They could see by my record that I had n't been to prison before , did n't know the procedure . |
| 5 | There was much competition during the war as to who could come up with the best bomb story , and my mother had a great time telling this one to all the aunties , especially as it was only due to her nagging that I had n't been in my bed at the time . |
| 6 | I pointed out that I had not been to the polytechnic , but had been to Durham University on a scholarship — only the second the force had been awarded . |
| 7 | Although you have not been in the manager 's seat very long , you have done nothing to alter my original opinion that your appointment makes about as much sense as the Charge of the Light Brigade . |
| 8 | But she finally admitted that she had n't been in the ship at the time . |
| 9 | I could also check that she had not been to Baskerville Hall on the night of Sir Charles ' death . |
| 10 | It is — The Under-Secretary of State , the hon. Member for Maidstone ( Miss Widdecombe ) , laughs and cackles , but I have no doubt that she has not been to Archway Tower . |
| 11 | Only that you 've not been on his bike or yesterday . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'm not sure that we have n't been at some point , ’ says Mr Garner . |
| 13 | All these workshops that have been going on that we have n't been to . |
| 14 | Fitzormonde and Mowbray had always been soft , they could whine and moan that they had not been to blame , but Horne had agreed to Whitton 's plan and built a thriving business on the proceeds . |
| 15 | Nevertheless , it seems fair to say that by the 1530s social grievances were again being voiced to an extent that they had not been in the previous century . |
| 16 | I decided it was just because she had n't mattered that it had n't been worth shocking her . |
| 17 | Downing Street sought to explain the decision by saying that it had not been on his diary anyway . |
| 18 | And they are threatening , because it is offensive and undermining to be told that the life one has led has merely been one of servility , that it has not been of truly ‘ human ’ value , that one has been a ‘ fembot ’ or a ‘ puppet ’ . |
| 19 | I have consulted the most celebrated authors on comparative anatomy , but do not find any such structures of those parts described ; and as it is not known to you , I may presume that it has not been before taken notice of . |
| 20 | It is often said , for example , that the Indonesian island of Bali is ruined and that it has n't been worth going to since the 1930s , but to walk through a Balinese night breathing the warm silk of tropical air accompanied by the croaking of frogs and the distant gongs and gamelan music of a temple celebration is a magical experience . |
| 21 | Confession had not been a factor in the slowness of Pétain 's promotion in the way that it had checked the career of Foch , de Castelnau and other ardent Catholics ; indeed , Pétain could boast that he had not been to Mass for thirty years , so on this score alone he should have been earmarked , as things stood , for rapid advancement . |
| 22 | Ajeya Singh returned to India and tried to refute the allegations , pointing out numerous flaws in the report , and offered his passport as evidence that he had not been in St Kitts when he was supposed to have signed documents opening the account with the now-defunct bank , the First Trust Corporation . |
| 23 | He received a letter the next day apologizing and accepting that he had not been in possession of a stolen car . |
| 24 | It proves my case that he has n't been in touch again . |
| 25 | ‘ My parents and I had n't been on good terms for some time . |
| 26 | as if I had n't been through enough today , I 've just been dubbed your plaything of the week — ’ |
| 27 | It 's been hell shut up in that cottage with two women who would both have braved the weather to come up here to see how you were if I had n't been on hand to stop them . ’ |
| 28 | If I had n't been in that bar at that time , perhaps all this would have happened to somebody else . |
| 29 | It really smells like I have n't been near a bath for a month . |
| 30 | And when I , I mean when I , I actu actually felt quite emotional cos I 'd not been to Park to see a match for a long time and I mean we 're living up here erm , and er , I just felt quite emotional when I got out and saw that lovely pitch it was in perfect |