Example sentences of "[not/n't] been [vb pp] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If his marriage was in trouble it was because he and Diana had not been given a chance . |
| 2 | A vacuum is then created because new employers have not been given a chance to develop sufficiently for an orderly takeover and employees have not been given opportunities for retraining . |
| 3 | ‘ We are walking out because we feel we have not been given a hearing , ’ Inkatha negotiator Joe Matthews said as he left the talks . |
| 4 | The line had not been run a week before all Europeans connected with it were discharged , and the whole thing was controlled by the Chinese , who had carefully watched the progress of the work , and had stored up a vast mass of data for future use . |
| 5 | The talks were regarded as significant given that on previous visits to the United States , the Dalai Lama had not been granted a meeting with the President . |
| 6 | The government on March 14 , 1990 , reached agreement with the International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) on a second structural adjustment programme ; Congo 's first such programme , initiated in 1985 [ see p. 34406 ] , had not been considered a success . |
| 7 | In the particular case in question , the complainant 's father had not been offered a bed by the health authority , although he was assessed as needing nursing care . |
| 8 | With no Lamb and no Gower I can see the chance for England 's batting enigma Graeme Hick to go on the senior tour , even if he has not been offered a winter retainer contract . |
| 9 | During that pause I realized that Mala had not been offered a seat , nor any food or drink . |
| 10 | It was easy enough to find Victorian and Edwardian houses which had not been changed a jot , but with houses of earlier periods it became increasingly difficult . |
| 11 | Where a university subject of the candidate 's choice has not been allocated a quota award , it may be possible for the Head of Department to nominate the candidate for an appeals award . |
| 12 | They had not been shown a repeat of the film — they had merely watched it in their minds . |
| 13 | ‘ Sometimes I wish I had n't been born a Catholic , Joe . |
| 14 | ‘ Oh , get up , ’ said Angalo , embarrassed at the Abbot acting like that in front of someone who , however much of a friend he was , had n't been born a Store nome . |
| 15 | Mayor 's chaplain Tony Rees was furious he had n't been refunded a £187 overpayment . |
| 16 | However this is a claim made solely on the evaluation of the IBM team and it has n't been given a stamp from the National Computer Security Centre . |
| 17 | The programme has n't been allocated a slot yet , but late January looks likely — your branches will be informed . |
| 18 | Some have worked at Bentley pianos for forty years , but they have n't been offered a penny in redundancy pay . |
| 19 | No this is just a pr it 's a private , it 's not an ex-rental one , i it really is in mint , it has n't been used a lot . |
| 20 | We had to buy one ; it certainly was n't given and do n't forget we had n't been paid a salary while travelling . |
| 21 | They 'd both been working for nearly two years , and all that time they had n't been paid a penny . |