Example sentences of "that he had not been [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On leaving , he said that his only regret , was that he had n't been able to get round to everyone and say goodbye . |
| 2 | His backsliding into sloth had happened so slowly that he had n't been aware of it . |
| 3 | Libby began to feel that he had not been real , but the tent was there , a packet of cigarettes on the rolled mattress , and the smell of smoke filled the airless canvas space , scents of sweat and soap , adult tainting . |
| 4 | The witness said that he had not been present at the meeting and had agreed that what was said then would not be recorded . |
| 5 | It had been Dr Rolleston 's great sorrow that he had not been able to help children who had come in with the dreaded Infantile Paralysis , not that any other professor in Europe had been able to do better than by careful nursing stop the paralysis spreading . |
| 6 | The minister 's one regret was that he had not been able to implement his scheme in full . |
| 7 | He sat back , studying the two men for a time , unhappy that he had not been privy to their conversations before and after this important meeting . |
| 8 | He soon found , though , that he had not been eligible to join , having refused to join the top civil servants ' trade union which was then attempting to block a Foreign Office shake-up . |
| 9 | As a member of the Select Committee , I was extremely concerned when Mr. Rimington , Director General of the Health and Safety Executive , revealed in his evidence that he had not been aware of the restrictions that Lord Cullen felt had been placed upon him in respect of investigating labour relations . |
| 10 | He reiterated his position that he had not been aware of the clandestine funding . |
| 11 | David listened and frankly avowed that he had not been conscious of all these grand ideas . |