Example sentences of "[vb -s] not [been] [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The right hon. Gentleman has not been listening to his hon. Friends . |
| 2 | In times past , Shiptonthorpe has not been lacking in interesting characters . |
| 3 | Morgan Grenfell seems happy and has not been looking over Mr Massey 's shoulder . |
| 4 | Weary of Israel 's ceaseless importuning , it recently produced a long and scholarly ‘ confidential report ’ which concludes that , since Arafat told the UN General Assembly last December that he recognised Israel 's right to exist and ‘ renounced ’ terrorism , the PLO has not been speaking with ‘ forked tongues ’ and its declarations have ‘ for the most part been consistent , regardless of the media in which they appear . ’ |
| 5 | Also , the pilot will be in very good flying form and his instructor will have made sure that he has not been getting into bad habits . |
| 6 | In many parts of the world there are big restrictions on the way we trade , but the industry here has not been preventing from growing and we have a good environment in which to do business . |
| 7 | For the widow of a younger man or of one who has not been paying into a personal pension scheme for very long , this could be a very small amount — perhaps only a few hundred pounds a year . |
| 8 | Juventus manager Giovanni Trapattoni confirmed last night : ‘ David has not been playing at the top level recently because of a knee condition . ’ |
| 9 | Despite the abundance of reserves , coal production in the USSR has not been increasing at any significant rate . |
| 10 | I hope councillor has n't been puzzling about this question because I think she should have had adequate warning erm the cycling part of working party was agreed by city board on the ninth of on the seventh of December is to come to an end and such work has er relates to cycling within a new transport working party . |
| 11 | The only thing I can tell you with certainty is that Master Meredith has n't been riding since the accident . |
| 12 | It 's because Guido has n't been picking on me , she decided . |
| 13 | McDunn nods slowly , slightly , a distant look in his eyes like he 's not really nodding at what I 've just told him ; has n't been listening to a word I 've said , in fact . |
| 14 | She has n't been coming to school , Mrs Day . |
| 15 | It was an untidy sort of buildup but the ball fell invitingly for on the edge of the area and who has n't been scoring at all this season finished with all the aplomb of a player who 's full of confidence . |
| 16 | ‘ A military gentleman has n't been asking for me , has he ? |
| 17 | We 've been quoting Morrissey repeatedly from a Record Mirror interview and he has n't been talking about the pain of youth , the imagery of sixties films or the perception of Oscar Wilde . |
| 18 | I mean how can you justify talking to her about that when the efficiency is improved since she has n't been talking to people ? |
| 19 | He has n't been talking to anybody has he ? |
| 20 | TIGHT-LIPS Taylor to-morrow meets the Press he 's not been speaking to . |
| 21 | Because she 's not been going to the first aid room . |
| 22 | So far as I can tell , and that 's not as far as I 'd like , on the last few Fridays he 's not been going to any other bank or finance house . |
| 23 | mm , that was typical mind you I think he needed this win to boost his confidence cos he 's not been doing at all well has he lately ? |