Example sentences of "have n't [be] [adv] [adj] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had already put out feelers with local employers but they had n't been too keen on employing a well-known agitator ; even those who seemed sympathetic to the anti-nuclear cause did n't actually have work on offer . |
| 2 | ‘ Arthur Andersen felt that we had n't been as strong on the commercial management as we should have been . |
| 3 | On the other hand , if he had n't been so keen on interfering there would not have been any tension because she would not have been here or even in France at all . |
| 4 | She knew it was best , but she could n't help wondering what would have happened if she had n't been so proud on Christmas Day . |
| 5 | ‘ We have a problem in Scotland in that our company start-up rate is about half that of England 's and banks have n't been very keen on it in the past . ’ |