Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] n't [be] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And they 've gone all , you see I have n't been eating them so they 've been in the fridge and they 've gone all soft . |
| 2 | In fact , if I had n't been living here I doubt they would have noticed us at all ! |
| 3 | I had n't been thinking about her that much , just a few times a day , and seldom imagined that I 'd glimpse her here or there on the street , on a bus , in the Superette , in the hospital , on a passing aeroplane five miles high . |
| 4 | I had n't been thinking of stress or shock , I 'd been nursing a hangover . |
| 5 | What you were saying about approachability of lecturers , I 'm not afraid to ask for help , but I am reticent to ask for help more than once on the same thing , because I would hate them to think that I had n't been listening first time round or that I was stupid . |
| 6 | I actually went back upstairs and because , I mean although , I mean I was dancing and it was a late night , I had n't been drinking so , you know , although I was , I was tired , you know I had n't been drinking and erm so I actually felt erm wide awake |
| 7 | I actually went back upstairs and because , I mean although , I mean I was dancing and it was a late night , I had n't been drinking so , you know , although I was , I was tired , you know I had n't been drinking and erm so I actually felt erm wide awake |
| 8 | I knew that I had n't been kidding myself when he turned up one evening looking exhausted , miserable and defeated , to tell me his wife had threatened to start divorce proceedings . |
| 9 | I had n't been expecting him quite so soon . |
| 10 | ‘ Well , you 'd have had the lot pilfered if I had n't been guarding them and suffered the most ghastly discomfort in the process . |
| 11 | I had n't been feeling too well all day , but after opening-time when Toby 'd gone out to get the wine I started to feel better and began to dress . |
| 12 | ‘ I had n't been feeling terrific ’ , he went on , ‘ since I got into the hospital . |
| 13 | What I did n't say was that I had n't been making love to her but to Alison , taking her from behind on the kitchen table , her rump high in the air and her toes squirming helplessly an inch or two off the floor . |
| 14 | I , I , I love poking , but it 's so funny what you see , now if I had n't been poking , know that little bonsai tree ? |
| 15 | Now if I had n't been poking around that shop and in an |
| 16 | I said I had n't been playing . |
| 17 | Do you remember that evening — I had n't been working for you for very long — and you gave me a lift home ? ’ |
| 18 | I had n't been planning to come to England , but I wanted to meet you . |
| 19 | Well I I had n't been shutting the one that do n't make no difference still , there 's only cos Pavarotti 's out anyway ! |
| 20 | ‘ I have n't been eating much . |
| 21 | I 'm supposed to , watching me diet and I have n't been eating roast potatoes |
| 22 | Oh I 'm gon na start going , I have n't been swimming for that long and I 've been saying off and on oh I must go , I must go , but when it 's so cold outside you do n't feel like coming out with all wet hair and all that |
| 23 | I have n't been practicing . |
| 24 | ‘ I have n't been drinking , Harvey , ’ she said patiently , as if this was a dialogue they had been through many times before . |
| 25 | I have n't been drinking , ’ Tony switched on his lights , ‘ I just thought there was a theatre out here somewhere . ’ |
| 26 | So , when I have n't been gazing out of the window , phoning every friend I ever had , dashing up the street in an urgent quest for … er … something or other I 'm desperate for or singing along to Melody Radio at the top of my thorax — I 've been noticing things . |
| 27 | Cobalt said irritably : ‘ I have n't been aiming to get you killed and I have n't discussed with anyone what you 've found out . ’ |
| 28 | Well I tell you why I have n't been buying currants lately cos they 've been so blooming expensive ! |
| 29 | Well , I have n't been watching what you were doing ! |
| 30 | ‘ I have n't been seeing anyone . |