Example sentences of "[coord] he have not been [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was n't being fair and he had n't been fair a year ago . |
| 2 | She had been married before , of course , and he had n't been surprised to find out . |
| 3 | She had already suggested this to Ben , and he had n't been co-operative . |
| 4 | Her therapist had , naturally , put it to her that she had married her first husband just because he resembled her father , but Scarlet had rejected the suggestion quite emphatically : he had been a quiet , timorous boy until he discovered the excitement of chasing women , and he had not been artistic at all . |
| 5 | At the end of the session , June Braithwaite said she had found it useful ; she had not needed to become hysterical , and he had not been able to leave and disappear into the kitchen . |
| 6 | It was normal to tear the shawl first so that its value would not tempt a profane person to violate the tomb ; but the shawl had been a beautiful one and he had not been able to bring himself to do that . |
| 7 | And he had not been brutal or selfish . |
| 8 | That was five years ago , and he has n't been able to face a strawberry since ! |
| 9 | He had won in the maiden class , for those who have yet to win a prize , in 1975 , but he had not been successful since moving into the growers ' section . |
| 10 | He was aware of this and in principle disliked it , attempting when he first set up in private practice , to resist it , but he had not been able to . |
| 11 | The reporter snapped a rubber band over his notebook , told Hank he would have rung him about the details of the book but he had not been able to get through . |
| 12 | He had wanted to wrap his arms about his body for warmth , but he had not been able to move , and his vision had been blurred . |
| 13 | But he had not been able to show anyone , yet , that he was anything but what his father now was : a rich man who did what he liked because he was King and everyone was polite to him . |
| 14 | He had been appalled , as had the rest of the court , at the emaciation of the four ambassadors sent them by the city , but he had not been surprised . |
| 15 | He was still , tensed and alert on the sidling , startled horse ; but he had not been startled . |
| 16 | But he had n't been nude . |
| 17 | He had been over twenty before he had even found out about it but he had n't been old enough to dare ask his grandmother how it had been and how she had felt and what they had talked about . |
| 18 | He had farmed the child out , of course , but he had n't been able to quell the fear that somehow she might intrude upon his future . |
| 19 | We were told he might have got aggressive or moody but he had n't been any different from usual . |
| 20 | His achievements as Labour leader have earned him respect and admiration , but he has not been able to appeal beyond the party in which he has made his life . |
| 21 | But he has n't been right |
| 22 | But he has n't been able to forget what happened . |
| 23 | no , but he has n't been able to because he has to come round but he 's all ra ra ra ra , whistle whistle whistle . |
| 24 | ‘ Graeme Souness is the man to turn it around but he 's not been able to pick a settled team because of injuries . ’ |