Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [vb past] not [been] [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | I realized I had not been fair to myself . |
| 2 | They 'd arranged to meet for dinner , but it seemed he had n't been able to wait . |
| 3 | He apologized when he was close enough , because he guessed he had n't been able to hear Lavinia calling to him above the noise of the Suffolk Punch . |
| 4 | But Mr Davidson felt they had not been unfair in their treatment of him . |
| 5 | Declan Casey , 39 , was seized in Strabane , Co Tyrone , just minutes after RUC Chief Constable Sir Hugh Annesley insisted he had not been free to kill while working for Special Branch . |
| 6 | If they said they had not been upset on being told the diagnosis , this actually was the case ; they were not suffering from amnesia . |
| 7 | In a circular yesterday , the company said it had not been possible to arrange a refinancing on conventional terms . |
| 8 | Graham Berry , the SAC 's director of finance , said he had not been involved in the decision . |
| 9 | I laughed sometimes when he chased intruders from the garden , but I wished he had n't been aware of the little cat , although I think he only wanted to frighten it away , not kill it . |