Example sentences of "they [vb base] [not/n't] [adv] been [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ After all , they have n't long been out of a very warm secure environment , have they ? ’ she continued . |
| 2 | ‘ They have n't always been as poor as they are now , ’ asserted George , beginning to his surprise to feel the stirrings of loyalty or pity for the Dersinghams . |
| 3 | There are still many buildings that are not listed simply because they have not yet been properly surveyed , or have somehow slipped through the net . |
| 4 | Although changes at the sensory-motor synapse might occur during the habituation of the gill and siphon withdrawal reflex , they have not yet been formally shown to be either necessary or sufficient for that behaviour . |
| 5 | Where such arbitrary holidays have been established in religion-tolerating countries , as additions to the religious feast days , they have not generally been as successfully absorbed into the holiday sequence as might be expected . |
| 6 | They have not always been as humble as Balanchine in submitting to the dictates of the score as envisaged by the composer . |
| 7 | They have not always been sufficiently quick to follow up when there has been evidence that a site has been tampered with , and certainly they have not always been keen to organise rescue excavations to investigate these sites . |
| 8 | Unfortunately , they have not always been mutually supportive . |