Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] [vb base] not [been] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 As your co-trustee I have not been inattentive to my duty … and I in no shape deserve to be the object of the prosecution of my co-trustees .
2 At the time of writing I have not been able to hear any of the discs , but they include the first integral recording of the ten Mahler Symphonies complete sets of Brahms , Beethoven and Shostakovich , Stravinsky , Gershwin and Copland , plus concertos with Serkin , Stern and Francescatti .
3 The tribunal will consist of the chief officer of police ( chairman ) and two members of the Police Complaints Authority who have not been concerned with the case .
4 With the limited resources available at our disposal we have not been able to build too many expert systems and most of these have been on a small scale .
5 Many times in this council when we 've been discussing more important points , when we 've been discussing the needs of people who have real needs , we have not been able to have our priority we have not been able to have our priority because we could not afford it .
6 The general member auditors , er , I 'm told that they , they look after the money they 've not been able to find themselves seats I understand this morning , so hopefully everything 's in order but somewhere around Eric George and Arthur are they around ?
7 ‘ One thing I 've not been happy with is that I 've played so well during the practices , and whenever I step onto the court for a match there 's a bit missing from what I can do .
8 ‘ Now that 's one mystery I have n't been able to solve .
9 A Mr Ross from Leominster , who owned a shoe shop in Bishop 's Castle , was a keen cine photographer and when he came to Bishop 's Castle ( by train ) he was in the habit of taking film of the railway , but the family moved away to the South Coast , after selling the business , and to date we have not been able to trace the family or film .
10 Actually it has , though whether by enough to require a bigger bag I have n't been able to make out . ’
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