Example sentences of "[not/n't] [adv] [verb] been [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Given the Committee 's proposals on buggery , this would have meant that a man who procured a woman 's submission to anal intercourse by threats other than of violence would not necessarily have been guilty of any offence . |
| 2 | However , they would not necessarily have been conscious of this if they were in an ordinary environment with normal background sounds . |
| 3 | If the plaintiff had not paid he would not only have been subject to legal proceedings for recovery of the tax but would have been liable to forfeiture of his business until it had been paid . |
| 4 | She may well have lived in her parents ' house before her enclosure : when she describes the circumstances of her visions in The Revelations of Divine Love , she says that there were a large number of people round her bed and that priests were able to come and go as they pleased , which would not always have been possible in an anchorage . |
| 5 | Although the chemistry of modern Earth-bound life is all carbon-chemistry , this may not be true all over the universe , and it may not always have been true on this Earth . |
| 6 | A visit to the local supermarket may well be within their experience , but they may not really have been involved with the shopping itself . |
| 7 | The change in status would have allowed Switzerland to participate fully in broader Framework programmes , although it would not yet have been eligible for direct financial support . |
| 8 | When you ca n't ever have been guilty of it . ’ |
| 9 | If it had n't been for Josie , she would n't even have been aware of it . |
| 10 | in normal everyday things which I would n't otherwise have been aware of , and he 's been someone to have arguments with about science , and it 's nice to have someone who understands what you 're going on about . |