Example sentences of "[conj] she [verb] [not/n't] been [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a pity that she had n't been able to use one of his handkerchiefs , a strand of his hair . |
| 2 | She bows her head , disappointed that she had n't been able to do more for herself . |
| 3 | This particular person had found the shock so great that she had not been able to acknowledge it at all except by taking this evading action . |
| 4 | But how sad that she had not been able to say that to the one person who really longed to hear it . |
| 5 | She explained that she had not been able to bring herself to discuss things with them , although she had managed to speak to her married brother , who had been very supportive and helpful . |
| 6 | She was bitterly sad that she had not been able to see her aunt before she died . |
| 7 | Robbie drew breath to vindicate herself , to tell him that she had not been unfaithful , that so far as she was concerned Hugh had ceased to exist . |
| 8 | Anne Liddy , the clog dancer , only worked for John for a couple of seasons , so she had not been Tillerized . |
| 9 | Perhaps Piers had been no more than a struggling architect when they had first met , and she had not been content to lead a life of poverty . |
| 10 | ‘ Servants , be obedient to them that are your masters ’ she read in Ephesians 6 — and she had not been obedient . |
| 11 | And she had not been blind either . |
| 12 | He had hardly ever seen her naked since the first days of their marriage , and she had n't been anxious to show herself even then . |
| 13 | All that time , and she had n't been able to get him to look at her . |
| 14 | She had n't been home and she had n't been able to call in . |
| 15 | Anne had seen her going into my room , and she had n't been able to bear it . |
| 16 | With Julius , though , it had always been so very physical , and she had n't been able to stop herself from responding to that great flood of passion . |
| 17 | If she had n't been well , perhaps , for some time , and had lost interest in the garden , and wanted to get the cottage done over for sale or letting , then she might have told them to go ? ’ |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | They would n't have got married if she had n't been pregnant , so the baby has done something good . |
| 21 | And if she had n't been able to judge this from their dress , she would have from their voices as , one following the other , they said , ‘ Good evening . ’ |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Jenny was nine , and even if she had n't been adventurous she would probably have fallen in the river anyway , because there was nothing much to do at Dale End but get into mischief . |
| 24 | It was as if she had n't been aware of the girl 's presence , but she said , ‘ Stay where you are , child . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | An employer must allow a woman who has complied with the statutory procedures to return to her original job on terms and conditions no less favourable than those which would have applied if she had not been absent . |
| 27 | The Tribunal concluded that S would not have been dismissed if she had not been pregnant . |
| 28 | Susan had nursed him tirelessly , and no one had ever heard her complain ; but she would have been more than human if she had not been thankful that her long and exhausting task had come to an end . |
| 29 | Because her stomach , it 's alright if she 's not been sick . |
| 30 | But she had n't been able to hear what he said for the roaring in her ears . |