Example sentences of "[adj] [pron] had not be " in BNC.
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| 1 | At Prime Minister 's Questions in the afternoon Margaret Thatcher was challenged by a Labour MP , Jeff Rooker , on the change and although she managed to deflect the question it was clear she had not been briefed . |
| 2 | She smiled back and looked away ; she was sure they had not been introduced . |
| 3 | It was only after the women had left that she thought to check the receipt book to make sure it had not been her duty to collect payment for today 's four lunches , then sighed with relief when she saw that this had been attended to at lunchtime by Jean . |
| 4 | Most of the points had been raised before and those which had not been raised most certainly could have been . |
| 5 | The photographs scented with the secretion were rated more attractive than those which had not been sprayed . |
| 6 | The proportions reported to have had difficulty with various aspects of caring for themselves ( getting in and out of a bath or shower , dressing and undressing , going to the toilet , washing and shaving , feeding themselves , making a hot drink , or needing help at night ) for a year or more before death was 87 per cent of those who had been in a residential home for a year or more , 60 per cent of those in for a shorter time and 25 per cent of those who had not been in such a home at all . |
| 7 | Only one symptom , a persistent cough , was reported more often for those who had not been in a residential home — 24 per cent compared with 10 per cent of those who had spent some time in such a home . |
| 8 | Handicapped people were simply those who had not been given the right tool kit . |
| 9 | At school the importance of baptism was stressed and , once , all those who had not been baptised were asked to put up their hands . |
| 10 | A heart-breaking wail now rose from those who had not been killed outright . |
| 11 | But , besides this we found those who had not been stopped etc. at all still reflected the overall differences between races — Blacks being least favourable , Asians most favourable , with Whites being sometimes closer to Blacks and sometimes closer to Asians . |
| 12 | ‘ Those who had not been in the banqueting hall banded together and created an Emergency Council . ’ |
| 13 | In a two-stage plan ratified in August , first those who had not been tried and next all those who were serving prison sentences were dealt with . |
| 14 | These included a return to work for those who had not been laid off , the re-employment of the sacked strikers next week and a final , binding decision by the arbitration body ACAS . |
| 15 | A century later John Murray , the British ambassador in Constantinople , bitterly regretted that in 1774 he had not been able to act as mediator in the making of the Russo-Turkish peace of Kutchuk — Kainardji and thus gain the valuable presents from both sides which would have been his reward . |
| 16 | In Hancock [ 1990 ] 2 QB 242 it had not been decided whether coins were treasure trove or not . |
| 17 | Julia found herself wanting to get to know her better , quite certain by then that whatever there had been between Suvarov and Felicity while his first wife was alive it had not been the kind of affair David had assumed . |
| 18 | ‘ Apparently I was furious I had not been consulted … |
| 19 | I was a little disappointed it had not been there , but I was quite sure he would write again in the next few days . |