Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] not been in [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I had n't been in that bar at that time , perhaps all this would have happened to somebody else . |
| 2 | She would have liked Nice — if she had not been in such a hurry to be in Paris . |
| 3 | She had not been in that position . |
| 4 | Mind you , it could have been cheaper if you had n't been in such a hurry . |
| 5 | If you had n't been in such a foul temper — ’ |
| 6 | I asked Miss Lofthouse if she 'd seen you and she said you had n't been in this afternoon . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Why , my lord , when we were left alone — and I think if they had not been in such haste to move on they would not have left a man of us alive to tell the tale — we first tended the worst hurt , and took counsel , and decided we must take the news on to Ramsey , and also back here to Shrewsbury . |
| 8 | Certainly he had not been in such close proximity to a pretty young girl for as long as he could remember . |