Example sentences of "had not been [vb pp] [prep] this " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the kudu calf had not been fed with this potential source of infection , which was banned in June 1988 . |
| 2 | In the analysis of linguistic variation , therefore , we were looking for fine details of variation-variation that shows internal patterning within the speech community , but which may have no social meaning for outsiders — and in the first application for funding it was specified that the research was intended to extend the quantitative methodology to a type of community that had not been studied in this way before . |
| 3 | If the process of evolution had not been presented in this way ( though with careful caveats ) it is very questionable whether it could have been accepted so rapidly by Victorian society . |
| 4 | When biologists studying these birds added extra shade to some territories , the birds exhibited something that had not been seen in this species before ; trigamy , males with three mates . |
| 5 | Most local hoteliers and guesthouse owners , who said they had not been told of this , left before the vote was taken . |
| 6 | The charcoal-grey cartridge paper had not been introduced at this stage . |
| 7 | The one disappointing feature was that the legal profession had not been notified of this event despite the Bar 's recorded interest . |
| 8 | The room had not been booked for this . |
| 9 | Then it was ‘ If I had n't been dragged to this godforsaken town by that damned no-hoper that I married … ’ and so on . |
| 10 | The girl had n't been born into this archiac world ; she had n't been prepared for a lover who was demanding and possessive , as Nicolo must have been . |