Example sentences of "[not/n't] [been] a [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Confession had not been a factor in the slowness of Pétain 's promotion in the way that it had checked the career of Foch , de Castelnau and other ardent Catholics ; indeed , Pétain could boast that he had not been to Mass for thirty years , so on this score alone he should have been earmarked , as things stood , for rapid advancement . |
| 2 | If you want to make the most out of your interviews with professional people , ensure that they will be prepared to take you seriously because they know you have not been a time-waster in the past . |
| 3 | Yeah — i have not mentioned Ronny before — he has not been a regular in our national team — but he did play against Holland in our 0–0 away draw and he was also the man that headed in the 3–0 goal on wednesday in Norway 's humiliation of Poland . |
| 4 | It was after myxomatosis ; there had not been a rabbit in that field or anywhere around for years . |
| 5 | In 1980 , for instance , he claimed , ‘ There 's not been a president in modern history , including Franklin Delano Roosevelt and including Lyndon Baines Johnson , who has a better record of support from the Democratic Congress than has Jimmy Carter . ’ |
| 6 | ( One wonders how much the latter has a bearing on the former , notwithstanding the fact that Riley herself is adamant that being female has not been an issue in her career ) . |
| 7 | All sperm is tested twice to ensure that there has not been an error in the initial testing . |
| 8 | In Eastern Europe , policy has driven trade relations ; trade has not been an end in itself . |
| 9 | There has n't been a word in the papers nor any hint of a rumour around town , so that 's it as far as I 'm concerned . |
| 10 | You can see there has n't been a woman in this house for more than a week . |