Example sentences of "not [been] [verb] [prep] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Had Ken not been beset by peculiarly worrying tours as England manager/coach , that small family might have been spared such early grief . |
| 2 | a radiograph of the pieces revealed that it had not been made from just one piece of iron , but from many welded together . |
| 3 | As was the case with Descartes 's hydraulic model , the electric field model has not been substantiated by more recent studies of the brain . |
| 4 | Mr Robson has not been trained in more sophisticated and literal ‘ sign supporting English ’ . |
| 5 | As competitors and spectators sat in the sunshine on the Royal Canoe Club 's lawn at the finish , slowly unwinding and chatting to friends , some of whom had not been seen for quite some time , the atmosphere was a mixture of international competition and relaxed gentility . |
| 6 | She had not been kissed for over two years and it was magical ; she was feeling it deeply , listening with everything in her but not remembering , because other kisses had not been like this . |
| 7 | Numbers 420 and 427 have not been used for quite some time and will be sold by the MOD as surplus to requirements , perhaps to be purchased by some preserved railway ? |
| 8 | However if this way of jumping from two feet to two feet had not been combined with well picked-up pas de bourrée piqués and relevés retirés as well as extremely accurate , quick ports de bras with straighter and more angled than rounded arms , they would have seemed out of place . |
| 9 | Digfar was run almost entirely by local Somali staff — 25 doctors and nearly 100 nurses — who had not been paid for over two years . |
| 10 | A MAN who claims his mail has not been delivered for over two years has received an apology from the Post Office after the discovery of over 400 letters at the home of a former postman . |
| 11 | Which made me think of Springsteen and the fact that he had n't been fed for nearly twenty-four hours . |
| 12 | That has n't been touched for over fifteen years . ’ |
| 13 | Yeah , basically it 's always been but it has n't been enforced for quite some time , that the clean up rate is four pounds and hour which equates to six pound an hour on a Saturday . |
| 14 | They have n't been reviewed for about fifteen years . |
| 15 | March has been part of the Grand Prix racing scene for more than 20 years , but recent lack of sponsorship has meant staff at Bicester have n't been paid for over 5 months . |