Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] [been] [adv] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And then I realized it might not have been so all of a sudden at that . |
| 2 | This brain drain' must have been viewed by the authorities as acute , otherwise there would not have been so much coverage of the issue in the media . |
| 3 | Brian felt that sleep need not have been too much of a problem : he could go to sleep , but the staff would not let him . |
| 4 | There ca n't have been above half a dozen universities teaching drama and Bristol was the only one that was really reputed then . |
| 5 | ‘ Coun Richmond has seen a shopping trolley and complained but that trolley wo n't have been there more than a week , yet when his party were running the council there were ducks nesting in trolleys , ’ said Coun Young . |