Example sentences of "[not/n't] [been] [v-ing] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thin , pale , intense , he had not been speaking many minutes before we were electrified by this man . |
| 2 | Sigsworth had not been receiving any medication at the hospital to help him over his withdrawal . |
| 3 | She had not been receiving any fertility treatment and it was only after a routine scan that all was revealed . |
| 4 | If I had not been chasing that gipsy woman I could have gone to the party and chased Leila . ’ |
| 5 | I had not been counting own goals for more than a few minutes when I heard extraordinary sounds coming from my wardrobe . |
| 6 | If Rosemary had not been suffering any stress that night , though , it was not long before the situation which had begun with Travis Hepwood became stressful . |
| 7 | This is no mean task , especially if they have not been doing any recruitment for the past few months . |
| 8 | ‘ We have not been running this campaign as an entertainment for our dear friends in the press and broadcasting media . |
| 9 | Do you think I have not been following all that you have done and all that has been done to you all these months ? ’ |
| 10 | ‘ We 've not been putting any in . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ We talked about football but all he wanted to talk about was sex , ’ she said , before adding , ‘ I hear he 's not been scoring many goals recently and that 's why he left Arsenal , but all I can tell you is he certainly scored a hat-trick with me that night . ’ |
| 12 | He had been wanting reassurance for a long time and he had n't been getting any . |
| 13 | Er and you have n't been taking any of those Diazepam at all ? |
| 14 | Are you sure you have n't been taking any drugs , tablets , medicines of any sort — ’ she shook her head violently , but refused to meet his gaze ‘ — or any antibiotics during the last six months ? ’ |
| 15 | Surely he had n't been using that tone with her a moment ago ? |
| 16 | ‘ You told me you had n't been using any different chemicals , Bob . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ If she had n't been screaming all that nonsense at the top of her voice , it would never have happened . |
| 18 | But no , she had n't been wearing that dress , of course she had n't . |
| 19 | Mm , I have n't been shopping this weekend . |
| 20 | Pavel knew that he 'd not been the best company but then , they had n't been treating this job as anything particularly special . |
| 21 | Just because even though they do n't talk very much any more and stuff and he probably has n't been spending much time with her , |
| 22 | She had n't been paying much attention to the journey , and did n't have any idea of where they were ; the archway led into a long courtyard with a cobbled surface and small , squeezed-in houses to either side . |
| 23 | He had n't been paying much attention to what Throgmorton had been talking about on the way here , but he recalled his ears had caught the unpleasant words ‘ casting vote ’ , and ‘ your important role as president ’ . |
| 24 | She knew he had n't been paying any attention to the play . |
| 25 | ‘ I knew you had n't been paying any attention . |
| 26 | Female nurturing is presented as the solution to male violence — as though women have n't been doing that for centuries . |
| 27 | But if , if he had n't been doing that |
| 28 | I have n't been doing much on Sunday . |
| 29 | Well at least she 's , he had n't been doing enough work somehow ! |
| 30 | Which is odd , since he has n't been doing any work for me . ’ |