Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] [verb] n't been " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before getting into bed I went into the large bathroom beside her bedroom , where I had n't been before . |
| 2 | The war situation has also had an influence in the deterioration of education because there are places — especially in the rural areas — where there has n't been any normality in schools for years . |
| 3 | My question is to , that er , police officer or to the Chief Constable , or to anybody who can answer , how much is it gon na cost that , for that paper to be produced , and would it not be better spent in putting a police officer in Stratton St Margaret , where there has n't been one on the beat for the last six months , to help us reduce the number of er , of crimes committed in Stratton . |
| 4 | Some of the work the Aborigines have produced is quite beautiful , especially where it has n't been corrupted by commercial interests . ’ |
| 5 | Although I have n't been making records for the last six years , I have been working behind the scenes at Artists Against Apartheid , and me the Mandela concert last month , seeing that speech go out live on the BBC to all those people , was a culmination of all that work . |
| 6 | Then she said , quietly , ‘ Yes , although I have n't been here for a long time . |
| 7 | ‘ Although I have n't been able to convince myself . ’ |
| 8 | " So I have n't been absolutely truthful with him . |
| 9 | My home is 90 miles away , so I have n't been able to afford to go back very often . |
| 10 | and I went with her last week , then she had to go again on Monday , but she went Saturday as well , then she had to go back up Monday the last , so she has n't been have n't seen her since I 've been gon na go up all week but the weather |
| 11 | ‘ So you have n't been unfaithful , is that what you 're saying ? |
| 12 | I hope everybody understands er , Alton Towers is launching its new things today , Chessington opened this weekend , so we have n't been trading until this weekend in effect in our parks business . |
| 13 | Back in the car G. repeats that the day has been typical except we have n't been called up on the radio and he 's been called up twenty-nine times in the last month . |
| 14 | Chairman , the , the point being made by Mr is covered in the manner in which our consultants who are they contact the organization of such a Suffolk Wild Life Trust , I know the representations are embodied within the main report written by , so they have n't been overlooked . |
| 15 | ‘ That , Chairman , is precisely my point , ’ although it had n't been to start with . |
| 16 | ‘ On the house , ’ he finished for her , although it had n't been what she was thinking . |
| 17 | ‘ Although it has n't been one of the happiest experiences of my life either , ’ she added in a low voice . |
| 18 | It was she who had begged him to make love to her , she recalled , not the other way round , and , although he had n't been exactly reluctant , what man was going to turn down such a blatant offer ? |
| 19 | Perhaps if I had n't been a fool I would have been the dead girl in the road . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ 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 . |
| 21 | He 'd walked into the boathouse and tried to pick up an envelope and the floor had given way beneath him and a piece of beam was missing , and if I had n't been there with him he would certainly have drowned in the dock , impaled on something lurking beneath the surface . |
| 22 | If I had n't been so snowed under I 'd have phoned myself , and you could have reminded me . |
| 23 | If I had n't been such a coward maybe they might have turned out better . ’ |
| 24 | If I had n't been there , Russell would have hit her . |
| 25 | In fact , if I had n't been living here I doubt they would have noticed us at all ! |
| 26 | But the harsh reality is that if I had n't been picked by England for the tour to India , I would have struggled to make ends meet this winter — I do n't know what I would have done . |
| 27 | The Scot said : ‘ I was one punch away from knocking him out in the fifth and if I had n't been injured , I would have finished him . ’ |
| 28 | Bogie would n't have married me if I had n't been prepared to agree not to follow my career . |
| 29 | If I had n't been in that bar at that time , perhaps all this would have happened to somebody else . |
| 30 | If I had n't been too dumb I could have come to Mars-U as well , then I would n't have been alone . |