Example sentences of "have n't [be] well " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Angela 's taking a few days off — she has n't been well , ’ he said , easily . |
| 2 | ‘ Richard has n't been well , ’ I said , ‘ I 'd rather let him sleep . |
| 3 | But she has n't been well . |
| 4 | She has n't been well , and I would n't dream of leaving her until she 's really over her last bout of bronchitis . ’ |
| 5 | Mrs Margaret Jones : ‘ David arrived home carrying the statuette that he 'd won at the song contest that he 'd been to with Ken Pitt and dashed straight upstairs to see his father who had n't been well for a number of days . |
| 6 | 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 ? ’ |
| 7 | On and on she heard herself ranting ( could it be that she heard echoes of her own past self , the speaking , ranting , resurrected ghost of that ephemeral figure Liz Lintot ? ) and heard his vague , evasive grunts and answers : yes , he said , he and Henrietta would marry as soon as possible , Henrietta wanted to go to New York with him , she 'd had a thin time herself lately , he needed her in New York , Henrietta had n't been well , needed to settle … and as Liz spoke and listened she was aware of a simultaneous conviction that this was the most shocking , the most painful hour of her entire life , and also that it was profoundly dull , profoundly trivial , profoundly irrelevant , a mere routine , devoid of truth , devoid of meaning : nothing . |
| 8 | She had guessed that the reason was something to do with Jennifer for she had known that her sister had n't been well for some while and had been undergoing tests since experiencing stabbing pain in her right eye and numbness in her legs . |
| 9 | ‘ I have n't been well , ’ she stuttered . |
| 10 | ‘ You must n't do too much , ’ said Lydia , misguidedly , as Betty took this for further evidence of her goodheartedness ; ‘ you have n't been well . ’ |
| 11 | But then , father , they have n't been well . " |
| 12 | erm , well it just , it just , you know , with her , I mean , she ca n't sit still , I mean to have , I mean I , the last four Saturdays , admittedly I have n't been well , but I 've just been totally indoors sewing . |