Example sentences of "[verb] [not/n't] been [prep] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bull has now failed to score for seven games but Turner said : ‘ There is not a striker in the country who has not been through that sort of spell . ’ |
| 2 | It has n't been in the , I cover , but I have some information you gave me , it has n't been in that at all , mm . |
| 3 | ‘ owing to the presence of which ’ This point is normally covered in any witness statement that might be available , viz. ‘ I saw four vehicles were involved etc. ’ or ‘ if it had not been for that vehicle the accident would not have happened ’ . |
| 4 | She had not been in that position . |
| 5 | I would have died too if it had n't been for that telegraph pole . ’ |
| 6 | And I 'll tell you somethin' else : your mother would n't have died if it had n't been for that man . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ If it had n't been for that you 'd never have found us . ’ |
| 8 | If it had n't been for that you 'd have reached Shipton and been on a train by now . ’ |
| 9 | One morning he also opened up the building , went upstairs and came down and there was these fresh footprints on a part of the building which he had n't been at that time and he , like myself , looked all over the building and not a soul in sight . |
| 10 | If I had n't been in that bar at that time , perhaps all this would have happened to somebody else . |
| 11 | The demolition workers had n't been in that day . |
| 12 | It was easy now to write to Vincent about his father 's visit in a flippant , amusing way , but it had n't been like that at all . |
| 13 | But it had n't been like that . |
| 14 | It had n't been like that , she wanted to howl . |
| 15 | It 's absolutely clear that the public body should be doing work for private sector organisations , and er , to my knowledge , Lincolnshire County Council have not been to that particular erm , definition , although other authorities do and I have had to stop other authorities undertaking contracts where they are er private sector organisations . |
| 16 | ‘ He 's not been like that for a long time . ’ |
| 17 | You have n't been outside that door for days . |
| 18 | Accidental fires do happen when the Peak is very dry but we have n't been in that situation yet . |