Example sentences of "[not/n't] been [noun] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The pants , she said , had not been part of the deal . |
| 2 | The council apparently argued that as Gloucester had not been protector at the time , any attempt on his life could not be construed as treason . |
| 3 | The council apparently argued that as Gloucester had not been protector at the time , any attempt on his life could not be construed as treason . |
| 4 | What if it had not been Nicole on the phone at all ? |
| 5 | At least the knights had not been party to the massacre ; they had achieved their task and now looked for suitable reward . |
| 6 | Richard I had disafforested the southern half , but they did not know whether Henry II had afforested any district which had not been forest in the time of Henry I. |
| 7 | They had n't got as far as stating any intention on that subject — for the simple reason that marriage had n't been part of the plan . |
| 8 | There simply has n't been time for the body to clear the first lot before it 's topped up with a second dose of alcohol . |
| 9 | There had n't been time on the way up to ask him what the results of the tests had been or what the union had consequently decided . |
| 10 | Oh I I would be it would be nonsense to say that there has n't been failings of the system , sometimes through the carelessness of an officer , sometimes , certainly in the initial stage , because of their lack of awareness of the er provisions of the act . |