Example sentences of "i have not [be] [prep] [det] " 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 | I was deeply shocked , for I had not been at all prepared for this sudden and tragic end to the adventure on which we had set out so gaily some twenty months before . |
| 3 | I had not been to such a party since before Leslie went to North Africa , and talking to Ika and his friends on a balcony canopied by a starry sky , I felt a spurt of pleasure , quickly followed by a surge of guilt : Leslie was dead , and I was alive , and capable of enjoying some temporary diversion . |
| 4 | Even so , I did feel an enormous sense of anti-climax in the 200 metres heats and semi-finals ; I had not been through this in the Commonwealth Games because of my injury , and my lack of experience showed . |
| 5 | ‘ I 've not been in this part of the forest . |
| 6 | " I have n't been for some time . |
| 7 | I 'm afraid I have n't been of much help to you , Mr Millet . ’ |
| 8 | For a man of my age I have n't been to many funerals , the result of belonging to a much reduced family and having a limited acquaintance . |
| 9 | No , do not change that lovely , almost dreamy life we had in Joh'burg — I have n't been to any real parties since I 've been here — had no fun , but even so , I have lost the desire for them . |
| 10 | So I have n't been to any of those coffee mornings I 've met a few people from it . |
| 11 | Well , I do n't know cos I have n't been to any meetings for months , not |
| 12 | ‘ I have n't been in this church for years . ’ |
| 13 | He added : ‘ Obviously it 's a great thrill to be top of the table with Rangers because I have n't been in this position before . |
| 14 | ‘ I have n't been in this for ages , ’ said Rex Mundi . |
| 15 | ‘ Of course I have n't been in any rackets . |
| 16 | But yeah , it 's alright , it 's okay but not a lot 's going on , really , I have n't been in any activities for ages . |
| 17 | I have n't been around this long without learning that funny things happen to people who know too much about mob business . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Oh all right , I have n't been inside this house since I used to come here to dances when your father was a boy . |