Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] [pron] [verb] not been " in BNC.
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1 | For some years now I have not been much in society . |
2 | ‘ That is something we asked for years ago which has not been implemented , particularly because Dublin is not prepared to co-operate with London in what they would see as interning Irish citizens on Irish soil . |
3 | If only all those years ago she had not been so strapped by convention . |
4 | The worst you got down here was strange sudden slithering movements in the shadows where there had n't been anything a minute ago ; crazed Vespan mechanics with tales of fabulous Frasque treasure abandoned in a bay near here , somewhere , just round the next bend ; gangs of Perk extortioners … |
5 | Her eyes scanned the first page quickly , taking in the expected account of how Ellen had looked after Oreste as her own , but when she came to the reasons why he had not been handed over to Gigia , Wilson slowed down and even repeated the words to herself . |
6 | Parliament granted a tax of a sixteenth , and in return it was promised that the perambulations of Edward I should be confirmed , and that new perambulations should be made before Christmas in the forests where they had not been made in the previous reign . |
7 | All those nights when she had n't been able to sleep seemed to be catching up with her . |