Example sentences of "[pron] had not been " in BNC.
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| 1 | I realized I had not been fair to myself . |
| 2 | I pointed out that I had not been to the polytechnic , but had been to Durham University on a scholarship — only the second the force had been awarded . |
| 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 | The market had been dense as a souk , tables heaved with cameras , yet I had not been tempted . |
| 5 | I had not been long in the restaurant car : ten minutes , the length of a cognac . |
| 6 | When I eventually did get home , though , I remembered most of those I had forgotten as if I had not been away . |
| 7 | Or if it had , I had not been told . |
| 8 | Very disappointed , I went to the Headmistress to ask why I had not been considered suitable . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | I had not been thinking about him , I had not even seen him for months . |
| 11 | Slowly the pressures of its differences bore down on my thinking and decisions , prying open my defences and forcing me to face questions I had not been conscious of before . |
| 12 | Wright said : ‘ I recognised that , in the previous two games , I had not been at my best . |
| 13 | She was upset because I had not been allowed to rest on the drive . |
| 14 | She said I had not been meant to have this until I was twenty-five , but since I was married and had a child , they had been able to break the trust . |
| 15 | It became apparent very soon that I had not been employed because of my skills as a salesman . |
| 16 | I had not been back with Bill Francis two minutes before she appeared . |
| 17 | This demonstrated that I was not yet a legionnaire as I had not been awarded my white képi , and as such was still an ‘ engagé volontaire ’ or recruit ; it went on to say that I had one month 's service in the Legion , and that I was part of the Squadron commanded by Capitaine Duransoy , in the section of Sergeant Major Barlerin of the 1st Foreign Cavalry Regiment . |
| 18 | But I had not been raised to be merely decorative . |
| 19 | I was not given the run of the pavillon and I took it that , since I had not been extended this facility , I was not welcome to it . |
| 20 | It was holding a party to which I had not been invited . |
| 21 | I had not been to London for over twenty years , and my daughters had never been there . |
| 22 | What , really , has it done for Daisy — if I had not been able to help materially ? |
| 23 | I had not been prepared for the volume of decisions I had to make . |
| 24 | I had not been counting own goals for more than a few minutes when I heard extraordinary sounds coming from my wardrobe . |
| 25 | So , I had not been in the house an hour when he sent three of the Six to me . |
| 26 | I should not have discussed it at all if I had not been asked the questions . |
| 27 | When I first read Nairn ( it was published in 1987 ) I had not been contemplating Johnson : now , in the late sunlight coming through my bedroom window , I rushed to him and Boswell . |
| 28 | Because of my knee cartilage operation , I started the 1990–91 season having done no downhill training at all during the autumn , a situation which I had not been in since 1980 . |
| 29 | I had not been there long when an officer appeared , shook my hand and asked if he could help me in any way . |
| 30 | I had not been prepared for a walk across a wasteland under a hot white sun . |