Example sentences of "[not/n't] been [prep] [adj] [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This has not been without considerable sacrifice and testing of faith . |
| 2 | Sucralose might never have been discovered had it not been for two Tate & Lyle scientists who deployed a basic research technique — they tasted it . |
| 3 | Had it not been for splintered wood and debris Alas on deck , and a ripped sail or two , the storm might have seemed no more than a bad dream . |
| 4 | They have not been for some time except to people who still remember The Beatles and The Animals . |
| 5 | Kennedy might thus have decided that the question was not worth pursuing had it not been for British persistence and Foreign Office assessments which suggested that the Soviets themselves hoped that an agreement of some kind might result . |
| 6 | Cos I have n't been for two years since I 've been to that one ! |
| 7 | One morning he also opened up the building , went upstairs and came down and there was these fresh footprints on a part of the building which he had n't been at that time and he , like myself , looked all over the building and not a soul in sight . |
| 8 | ‘ Oh all right , I have n't been inside this house since I used to come here to dances when your father was a boy . |